WXIA-TV v. STATE

S17A1804.

811 S.E.2d 378 (2018)

WXIA-TV et al. v. STATE of Georgia et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Derek Bauer , Ian Kyle Byrnside , Cody S. Wigington , BAKER & HOSTETLER, LLP, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr. , Allen Andre Hendrick , HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellant.

Clifford Paul Bowden , District Attorney, TIFTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Tifton, Attorneys for the Appellee.

John Robert Mobley, II , Michael Walter Gowen , TIFTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Tifton, Thomas Maclver Clyde , Lesli Nicole Gaither , KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, Lawrence Lee Bennett, Jr. , L. LEE BENNETT JR, P.C., Atlanta, David E. Hudson , HULL BARRETT, PC, Augusta, Attorneys for the Other Party.


This is an appeal from a gag order, which restrains the lawyers in a murder case, the defendant and the lawyers in a related case, court personnel, and current and retired law enforcement personnel from making extrajudicial, public statements on certain subjects related to the murder case for so long as it remains pending. A...

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