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LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER CO., INC. v. MEIGS

660 S.W.2d 658 (1983)

The LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER COMPANY, INC. and Frankfort Publishing Company, d/b/a the State Journal, Appellants, v. Hon. Henry MEIGS, Judge, Franklin Circuit Court, Appellee. The COURIER-JOURNAL AND LOUISVILLE TIMES COMPANY and Ann Pardue, Appellants, v. Hon. Henry MEIGS, Judge, Franklin Circuit Court, Appellee. The LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER COMPANY, INC., and Frankfort Publishing Company d/b/a the State Journal and the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Company and Ann Pardue, Appellants, v. Hon. Henry MEIGS, Judge, Franklin Circuit Court, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon L. Fleischaker, Sheryl G. Snyder, Kimberly K. Greene, Robert C. Ewald, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, for appellants, Courier Journal and Louisville Times Co. and Ann Pardue.

Sam G. McNamara, Michael L. Judy, Frankfort, for appellants, Lexington Herald-Leader.

Henry Meigs, Judge, Franklin Circuit Court, Frankfort, pro se.

Larry Cleveland, Frankfort, for appellee.

LEIBSON, Justice.

The issue before us is under what circumstances did Sherman Wright, who was accused of murder and facing the death penalty, have the right to have the public and press excluded from voir dire proceedings.

Ernest Amburgey was found murdered in Franklin County on February 3, 1982. Sherman Wright, John Hurst, and Velda Amburgey, the wife of the victim, were indicted for the crime. Wright and Hurst were accused of being murderers hired by Mrs...

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