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GOLD COAST PUBLICATIONS, INC. v. STATE

No. 95-2249.

669 So.2d 316 (1996)

GOLD COAST PUBLICATIONS, INC. and Jeffrey Harrell, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida and George Blancett, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hargrove of Heinrich, Gordon, Hargrove, Weihe & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Petitioners.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Respondent —State of Florida.

David S. Bralow, Robert Rivas and Gregg D. Thomas of Holland & Knight, West Palm Beach, for Amicus Curiae—The Florida Press Association, The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, and The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Johnny L. McCray, Jr. of Law Offices of Johnny L. McCray, Jr., P.A., Pompano Beach, for Respondent—George Blancett.

STEVENSON, Justice.

The petitioner seeks certiorari review of an order denying a motion to quash a pre-trial investigative subpoena requiring a journalist to appear in a criminal proceeding and disclose information provided by the defendant during an interview for a news article. Because we conclude that the qualified journalist privilege protects only a journalist's confidential sources, we deny the petition with prejudice...

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