SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE v. J.T.J.

No. 86-2795.

502 So.2d 930 (1987)

The SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE, A DIVISION OF the NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, a New York Corporation, Petitioner, v. J.T.J., a Minor and the Honorable Kirby Sullivan, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George K. Rahdert and Bonita M. Riggens of Rahdert, Acosta & Dickson, P.A., St. Petersburg, for petitioner.

Leonard M. Johnson of Oaks and Johnson, Punta Gorda, for respondent J.T.J.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James A. Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent Sullivan.


SANDERLIN, Judge.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune petitions this court for emergency review of an order entered by the respondent judge forbidding the press from publishing the names of a minor victim and a juvenile defendant. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.100(d).

On June 17, 1986, J.T.J. shot and killed his minor brother. Following the incident, the sheriff's department issued a press release identifying the minors by...

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