DES MOINES REGISTER & TRIBUNE v. DIST. CT.

No. 86-1810.

426 N.W.2d 142 (1988)

DES MOINES REGISTER & TRIBUNE CO., Petitioner, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR STORY COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected June 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kasey W. Kincaid and K.J. Walker, of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for petitioner.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Mary E. Richards, County Atty., for respondent.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

On December 2, 1986, a house fire in Ames, Iowa, claimed the lives of two children. Following an investigation, Dale Eugene Royer was arrested and charged with arson in the first degree and two counts of murder in the first degree. The court scheduled a preliminary hearing for December 17, 1986. On December 16, the defense attorney requested that the preliminary hearing be closed pursuant to Iowa Rule...

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