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PEOPLE v. KELLY

No. 1-08-1728.

921 N.E.2d 333 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert KELLY, Defendant, Chicago Sun-Times, Inc., Tribune Co. and Associated Press, Intervenors-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

December 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon E. Dunn, Neil M. Rosenbaum, Funkhouser Vergosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd. of Chicago, for Intervenors-Appellants.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Peter D. Fischer, Mary L. Boland, Assistant State's Attorneys, of Counsel), for Appellee.

Justice ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, members of the media claim that their first amendment right to freedom of speech was violated. Specifically, they claim that a trial court erred: (1) when it sealed certain pretrial proceedings and records during the criminal prosecution of Robert Kelly; and (2) when it issued a "Decorum Order" which restrained the speech of the attorneys and witnesses...

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