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STATE v. TURNER

No. C5-95-2668.

550 N.W.2d 622 (1996)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Steven Allen TURNER, Petitioner, Northwest Publications, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Coleman, Asst. Public Defender, W. St. Paul, Kelly Malone O'Neill, Asst. Public Defender, St. Paul, for Petitioner.

Paul Hannah, St. Paul, Heidi Westby and Danell Hill, Asst. Ramsey County Attys., St. Paul, for Respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

This case raises the issue of whether a qualified reporter's privilege exists under the United States and Minnesota Constitutions which would protect a newspaper photographer from compelled testimony in a criminal case, or would protect a newspaper from the forced disclosure of unpublished photographs. In addition, we are asked to decide whether the Free Flow of Information Act, Minn.Stat. §§ 595.021-.025 (1994), protects...

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