MEDIA GENERAL OPERATIONS, INC. v. STATE

No. 2D06-392.

933 So.2d 1199 (2006)

MEDIA GENERAL OPERATIONS, INC., d/b/a The Tampa Tribune and WFLA-TV News Channel 8, Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida and David Lee Onstott, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Thomas and James J. McGuire of Thomas & Locicero, LP, Tampa, for Petitioners.

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

Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender, and Samantha L. Ward, Assistant Public Defender, Tampa, for Respondent David Lee Onstott.


LaROSE, Judge.

Media General Operations, Inc. (Media General), petitions this court to review the trial court's orders allowing David Lee Onstott to file two motions ex parte and under seal. We have jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.100(c)(1), (d). Because the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law, we grant the petition.

Mr. Onstott is charged with first-degree murder. His case has generated much publicity. In April 2005...

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