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ARKANSAS NEWSPAPER, INC. v. PATTERSON

No. 83-190.

662 S.W.2d 826 (1984)

281 Ark. 213

ARKANSAS NEWSPAPER, INC. an Arkansas Corporation, d/b/a Courier Democrat, and Laura Shull, Petitioners, v. John S. PATTERSON, Circuit Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex G. Street, Russellville, for petitioner.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Curtis L. Nebben, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for respondent.

DUDLEY, Justice.

A fifteen year old boy was charged with capital murder and, in the pretrial proceedings, the circuit judge closed two hearings and ordered a written motion sealed. The petitioners, the Courier Democrat of Russellville and Laura Shull, a newspaper publishing company and a newspaper reporter, contend that the closing of pretrial hearings is prohibited on account of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 22-109 (Repl.1962), which provides: "The sitting of every court...

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