GANNETT RIVER STATES PUB. CO. v. HAND

No. 90-M-798.

571 So.2d 941 (1990)

In re GANNETT RIVER STATES PUBLISHING CO. v. Ralph Hand, III.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr., Terryl K. Rushing, Thomas Price Alston Jones & Davis, Jackson, for petitioner.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Wayne Snuggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charlene R. Pierce, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, William G. Willard, Jr., Holocomb Dunbar Connell Chaffin & Willard, Clarksdale, for respondent.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ANDERSON and BLASS, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court.

Petitioner, Gannett River States Publishing Co. (Gannett), pursuant to Miss.Sup. Ct.R. 21, seeks from this Court a writ of mandamus compelling Circuit Court Judge George Carlson to vacate a closure order entered in the case of State v. Ralph Hand, III, in the Circuit Court of Tallahatchie County. Hand is charged with capital murder.

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