MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC v. GRIFFIN

No. S05A1181.

620 S.E.2d 800 (2005)

279 Ga. 735

MORRIS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. v. GRIFFIN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Hudson, Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, for Appellant.

Martha-Ann Catherine Kirkland, Hall & Kirkland, Matthew K. Hube, Caleb Burch Banks, Statesboro, for Appellees.


SEARS, Chief Justice.

Deanthony Griffin was indicted in Effingham County for murder, and was found guilty on February 19, 2005. Before trial, the appellant, Morris Communications, LLC, d/b/a The Savannah Morning News (the "newspaper"), filed a request for permission to use "a still camera for photographs" in its coverage of the trial. The trial court subsequently denied the newspaper's motion, and the newspaper has now filed this appeal.1

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