MIAMI HERALD PUB. CO. v. MOREJON

No. 87-1903.

529 So.2d 1204 (1988)

The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, A DIVISION OF KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. and Joel Achenbach, Petitioners, v. Aristides MOREJON, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomson, Zeder, Bohrer, Werth & Razook and Sanford Bohrer, Miami, for petitioners.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Asst. Public Defender, for respondent.

Before HUBBART, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


HUBBART, Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari which seeks review of a trial court order denying a news journalist's motion to quash a defense discovery deposition subpoena served upon the journalist in a criminal proceeding below. The central question presented for review is whether a news journalist has a qualified privilege under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the Florida Supreme Court in Morgan v. State...

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