MEDIA GENERAL OPERATIONS, INC. v. STATE

No. 2D08-1154.

12 So.3d 239 (2009)

MEDIA GENERAL OPERATIONS, INC., Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Alexander Robles, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Thomas and Rachel E. Fugate of Thomas & LoCicero PL, Tampa, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent State of Florida.

B. Elaine New and Sherry McDonald, St. Petersburg, for Chief Judge Robert J. Morris, Jr.

No appearance for Respondent Alexander Robles.


PER CURIAM.

Media General Corporation, publisher of the Tampa Tribune, seeks a writ of mandamus directed to the Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit ordering him to release the audio recording of a sentencing hearing. Media General contends it is entitled to a copy of the recording because it is a record of the judicial branch and no exemption protects it from public disclosure.

Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420, which governs access to judicial...

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