STATE v. WOMACK

Nos. 21592-KW, 21622-CW.

551 So.2d 855 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Roney Burton WOMACK, Defendant-Applicant, News-Star-World Publishing Corporation, Inc., Intervenor-Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied November 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Michael Small, Alexandria, Celia R. Cangelosi, Baton Rouge, for defendant-applicant, Roney Burton Womack.

Hudson, Potts & Bernstein by William T. McNew, Monroe, for intervenor-applicant, News-Star-World Pub.

James Allan Norris, Jr., Monroe, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before HALL, MARVIN and LINDSAY, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

The above applications for exercise of our supervisory jurisdiction arise out of pre-trial rulings by the trial court in a second-degree murder charge pending against Womack, the applicant under our KW docket number 21,591. The rulings complained of affect closure of the courtroom to the public, which, on the one hand, Womack seeks on constitutional fair-trial principles.

On the other hand, the newspaper applicant under our CW docket number...

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