PER CURIAM.
Michael Burns is a reporter for the Alexandria Daily Town Talk who was held in contempt of court and imprisoned for refusal to answer questions about the source of his information for an article which related the existence and details of a confession by a murder defendant.
The defendant invoked a hearing under R.S. 45:1453 for the purpose of revoking the reporter's privilege against compulsory identification of "any informant or any source of information...
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