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IN RE LETELLIER

578 A.2d 722 (1990)

In re Denis LETELLIER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M.R. Paterson (orally) and Patricia A. Peard, Portland, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, for appellants.

Jonathan S. Piper (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, for amici curiae.

Mary Tousignant (orally), Dist. Atty., Alfred, for appellee.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and BRODY, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Does a television news reporter have a constitutional privilege to refuse to comply with a grand jury subpoena commanding him to turn over the unbroadcast portions of a videotaped, nonconfidential interview given him by a public official under criminal investigation for official misconduct? In the fact circumstances presented by this case, we conclude that he does not. We therefore affirm the judgment of the Superior Court (York County,

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