PEOPLE v. SLOVER

No. 4-00-0798.

753 N.E.2d 554 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 620

257 Ill.Dec. 359

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, v. Michael SLOVER, Sr., Michael Slover, Jr., and Jeanette Slover, Defendants (Michael Slover, Sr., Michael Slover, Jr., and Jeanette Slover, Petitioners-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. The Decatur Herald & Review and Peggy Bellows, Editor, Respondents-Appellants and Cross-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

July 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Thornton, Donald M. Craven, Craven & Thornton, P.C., Springfield, for Decatur Herald & Review.

Mark S. Morthland, Bradford A. Rau, Morthland, Morthland & Rau, P.C., Decatur, for Michael Slover, Sr.

Joseph W. Vigneri, Ltd., Jon C. Baxter, Baxter and Massey, Decatur, for Michael Slover, Jr.

Michael J. Costello, Springfield, for Jeanette Slover.


Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

The State charged defendants, Michael Slover, Jr., Michael Slover, Sr., and Jeanette Slover, with the first degree murder of Karyn Slover. Michael Slover, Jr., served a subpoena duces tecum upon respondent Peggy Bellows, as editor of respondent Decatur Herald & Review (Herald). After respondents refused to produce unpublished photographs as ordered by the trial court, the trial court cited Bellows for indirect...

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