PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. NOURSE

No. 81-2265.

413 So.2d 467 (1982)

PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Philip G. NOURSE, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence Beth Snyder, Gen. Counsel, West Palm Beach, and Donald M. Middlebrooks of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, for petitioner.

Respondent, pro se.

Robert E. Stone, State Atty., and G.D. Dugan, III, Asst. State Atty., Okeechobee, amicus curiae for respondent.

Elton H. Schwarz, Public Defender, and Shirley M. Brennan, Asst. Public Defender Fort Pierce, amicus curiae for respondent.


DELL, Judge.

Petitioner, Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., seeks appellate review under Florida Appellate Rule 9.100(d) of an order issued by the respondent, the Honorable Philip G. Nourse, which closed an arraignment and sentencing hearing to the press and public and sealed the court file.

At the commencement of a docket which included fifty-five other cases, respondent agreed to a request by both prosecution and defense counsel to close the arraignment and sentencing...

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