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STATE v. EATON

No. 17742-KW.

483 So.2d 651 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Winthrop Earl EATON, Defendant-Respondent, News Star World Publishing Corporation d/b/a Monroe News Star World, Intervenor-Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by W. Craig Henry, Monroe, for intervenor-applicant.

Cooper, Hales & Aycock by Geary S. Aycock, Decelle & Holland by Malcolm Decelle, Jr., West Monroe, for defendant-respondent.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James Allan Norris, Jr., Dist. Atty., Michael J. Fontenot, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before HALL, C.J., and MARVIN and LINDSAY, JJ.

HALL, Chief Judge.

We granted the application of the Monroe News Star World to determine whether the trial court erred in closing and subsequently denying access to a transcript of a hearing to determine the mental capacity to proceed of the defendant, Winthrop Earl Eaton, who is accused of first degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30. We here consider whether the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 7 of the Louisiana...

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