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HALLISSY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A039773.

200 Cal.App.3d 1038 (1988)

248 Cal. Rptr. 635

ERIN HALLISSY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; JOHN SAPP, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

April 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peter W. Davis, John E. Carne, Lucy Ablan and Crosby, Heafy, Roach & May for Petitioner.

Neil L. Shapiro, Karl Olson and Cooper, White & Cooper as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Patrick R. Murphy, Public Defender, Jack A. Rauch, Deputy Public Defender, and Patricia N. Cooney for Real Party in Interest.

Stephen B. Bedrick as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

POCHE, J.

Erin Hallissy, a journalist, challenges an order requiring her to reveal unpublished materials she has gathered and an ensuing order holding her in contempt for failing to do so. We grant the requested relief.

I.

Real party in interest John Sapp is presently charged with three counts of murder in the first degree. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189...

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