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IN RE OWENS

No. COA97-519.

496 S.E.2d 592 (1998)

In re Sarah Lynn OWENS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley, by Special Deputy Attorney General Norma S. Harrell, for the State.

Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P. by Jonathan E. Buchan, T. Jonathan Adams, Charlotte, and James G. Exum, Greensboro, for contemner, Sarah Lynn Owens.

Everett Gaskins Hancock & Stevens, L.L.P. by Hugh Stevens and C. Amanda Martin; and Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P. by Wade H. Hargrove and Mark J. Prak, Raleigh, for amici curiae, The North Carolina Press Association, Inc., Gannett Newspapers, Inc., The Associated Press, Knight Publishing Company, Evening Post Publishing Co., Freedom Communications Inc., and The New York Times Co.

ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

At issue before this Court is the imposition of direct criminal contempt sanctions against a subpoenaed reporter who refused to testify regarding non-confidential information from a non-confidential source. As her first assignment of error, Owens argues that the trial court failed to give her an adequate opportunity to respond to the charges of contempt, found no facts supporting the imposition of a contempt sanction, and failed to indicate the...

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