STATE v. SCHAEFER

Nos. 84-484, 84-515.

599 A.2d 337 (1991)

STATE of Vermont v. Gary Lee SCHAEFER, Herald Association, et al., Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Dissenting Opinion September 13, 1991.

Certiorari Denied January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Hemley and Dennis R. Pearson of Gravel and Shea, Burlington, for intervenors-appellants.

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Defender Gen., and Henry Hinton, Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Intervenors-appellants appeal the district court's orders sealing the affidavits of probable cause, closing partially a hearing on a motion to suppress and further prohibiting all law enforcement officers and all attorneys associated with defendant's case from making any public statements about this criminal case. Intervenors are the publishers of daily newspapers in Vermont. They argue that the orders violate the First Amendment rights of the public...

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