WESH TELEVISION, INC. v. FREEMAN

No. 96-3572.

691 So.2d 532 (1997)

WESH TELEVISION, INC., d/b/a WESH Channel 2, et al., Petitioners, v. Hon. Thomas G. FREEMAN, Circuit Court Judge, etc., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Evans of Mateer & Harbert, P.A., Orlando, for Petitioners.

No Appearance for Respondent Hon. Thomas G. Freeman.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondents State of Florida and Norman R. Wolfinger.

David A. Wasserman, Winter Park, for Respondent George Leslie Crossley, Jr.


ANTOON, Judge.

WESH Television, Inc., d/b/a WESH Channel 2, Sentinel Communications Company, and reporter Dave McDaniel (the media) seek review of a trial court order barring the media's access to audio and video tapes which constitute discovery in a criminal case.1 We quash the order.

The state has charged George Leslie Crossley, Jr., with solicitation to commit murder and solicitation to commit arson. As a part of the investigation...

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