SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE v. STATE

No. 2D05-5408.

924 So.2d 8 (2005)

The SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE, Tampa Tribune, WFLA-TV News Channel 8, and the Herald, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida and Joseph P. Smith, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Thomas, James J. McGuire, and Rachel E. Fugate of Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, for Petitioners.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent, State of Florida.

Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender, and Adam Tebrugge, Assistant Public Defender, Sarasota; and James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert A. Young and Paul Valcore, Assistant Public Defenders, Bartow, for Respondent, Joseph Smith.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Tampa Tribune, WFLA-TV News Channel 8, and The Herald (the Media) petition this court to review an order entered by the trial court that excludes the press from viewing and inspecting crime scene photographs, crime scene videotapes, and autopsy photographs that were admitted into evidence in open court during the criminal trial of Joseph P. Smith for the murder of Carlie Brucia. The order actually prevents all members...

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