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IN RE AVILA

206 N.J. Super. 61 (1985)

501 A.2d 1018

IN RE SUBPOENA AD TESTIFICANDUM TO RENE AVILA, A JOURNALIST.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Flynn, First Asst. Hudson Co. Pros. argued the cause for appellant Harold J. Ruvoldt, Jr., Pros. of Hudson County; James E. Flynn, on the brief.

Henry F. Furst argued the cause for respondent Rene Avila.

Before Judges FRITZ, BRODY and BAIME.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BRODY, J.A.D.

We granted the Hudson County Prosecutor leave to appeal a Law Division order declaring that Avance, a 20-page tabloid paper printed in Spanish, is a news medium thereby entitling Rene Avila, its owner and publisher, to assert the statutory newsperson's privilege in proceedings before a Hudson County grand jury. N.J.S.A. 2A:84A-21; Evid.R. 27...

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