MOTZ, Judge.
The question presented by this case is whether a newspaper is entitled to access to a presentence investigation report which was admitted into evidence, under seal, in the penalty phase of a capital murder trial. There is, we hold, a First Amendment right of access to this report that prevents a trial court from denying access to it, absent a determination that the compelling interests served by maintaining the confidentiality of the report outweigh...
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