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SOUTHEASTERN NEWSPAPERS v. STATE OF GA.

S94A1440.

265 Ga. 223 (1995)

SOUTHEASTERN NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION v. STATE OF GEORGIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, James B. Ellington, James W. Kimmell, Jr., Mark M. J. Webb, Robert L. Berry, Jr., for appellant.

Dupont K. Cheney, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Lloyd D. Murray, Jackson & Schiavone, G. Terry Jackson, Ray C. Smith, David C. Walker, Hal T. Peel, Jon G. Branan, for appellees.

Peter C. Canfield, Maxine Hardy, Ed S. Sell III, Gerald R. Weber, Jr., Stephen D. Porter, William H. Major, William B. Brown, James C. Rawls, amici curiae.

CARLEY, Justice.

Appellees Cedric Brown and Maurice Fleming are the defendants in a pending capital murder case. Joined by appellee State, they filed motions for closure of the pre-trial proceedings. The motions were opposed by appellant Southeastern Newspapers Corporation (Southeastern). The trial court granted closure only as to hearings on pre-trial motions addressing evidentiary matters, finding that extensive and prejudicial publicity created a severe danger...

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