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OCALA STAR BANNER CORP. v. STATE

No. 98-2741.

721 So.2d 838 (1998)

OCALA STAR BANNER CORPORATION, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, and John Alan Jones, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Thomas, Steven L. Brannock, and Susan Tillotson Mills of Holland & Knight, LLP, Tampa, for Petitioner, Ocala Star Banner.

Adam Liptak, New York City, for Petitioner, New York Times.

Howard H. Babb, Jr., Public Defender, and Gloria A. Downey, Assistant Public Defender, Ocala, for Respondent.

THOMPSON, J.

The Ocala Star Banner and one of its reporters, Christopher Lloyd, seek certiorari review of a circuit court order denying their motion to quash a subpoena directing Lloyd to testify concerning information obtained during an interview with respondent, John Alan Jones, a defendant in a criminal case. Petitioners asserted the journalist qualified privilege under section 90.5015, Florida Statute.1

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