STATE v. DRAKE


701 S.W.2d 604 (1985)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Stephen DRAKE and David Frey, On the Intervening Petitions of Gillett Broadcasting of Tennessee, Inc., Channel Five Television, Inc., Tennessean Newspapers, Inc. and Sigma Delta Chi, Professional Journalism Society, Intervenors-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Jerry L. Smith, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.

Stephen K. Rush, Farris, Warfield & Kanaday, Nashville, for Gillette Broadcasting.

Jon D. Ross, Neal & Harwell, Nashville, for Channel Five Television.

Alfred H. Knight, Willis & Knight, August C. Winter, Willis & Knight, Nashville, for Tennessean Newspapers and Sigma Delta Chi.


FONES, Justice.

We granted the Rule 11 application of the media entities listed in the style of this criminal case as intervenors to consider, to the extent we deem appropriate, the right of the public and the media to attend pretrial and trial proceedings in criminal cases, their right to intervene and be heard in opposition to motions for closure, and the procedure for intervention in the trial and appellate courts.

Defendant Frey moved the trial court to...

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