FISHER v. STATE

No. 56050.

481 So.2d 203 (1985)

Larry R. FISHER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Jacob, H.C. "Mike" Watkins, Meridian, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Charles Wright, Dist. Atty., Meridian, for appellee.

EN BANC.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court.

I. Overview

The tensions inherent between the constitutionally vested rights of the press to be free and one criminally accused to a fair trial have troubled this and other states for years.

On the one hand, we regard freedom of the press as essential to the security of our democratic society. At the same time our law vests in each person charged with a crime the right to be tried in the courtroom, not the...

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