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STATE v. DECATO

No. 2007-178.

938 A.2d 898 (2007)

The STATE of New Hampshire v. William DeCATO.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: December 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly A. Ayotte, attorney general (Michael K. Brown, senior assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the State.

Theodore Lothstein, assistant appellate defender, of Concord, on the brief and orally, for defendant.

Orr & Reno, P.A., of Concord (William L. Chapman, on the brief and orally), for petitioner Newspapers of New Hampshire, Inc.

Malloy & Sullivan, of Manchester (Kathleen C. Sullivan, on the brief and orally), for petitioner Union Leader Corporation.

Gregg P. Leslie of Arlington, VA, by brief, and Orr & Reno, P.A., of Concord (William L. Chapman, on the brief), for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, as amicus curiae.

DALIANIS, J.

The petitioners, Newspapers of New Hampshire, Inc. and Union Leader Corporation, appeal an order of the Superior Court (Mangones, J.) partially denying their request for access to proceedings and records of probable cause hearings initiated by the State against the defendant, William DeCato, pursuant to the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA), RSA ch. 135-E (Supp. 2007) (amended 2007). We vacate and remand.

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