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STATE v. WBAL-TV

Nos. 1938 September Term, 2007, 0014 September Term, 2008.

975 A.2d 909 (2009)

187 Md. App. 135

STATE of Maryland, et al. v. WBAL-TV. Josie Brown, et al. v. WBAL-TV.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

July 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Braudes (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief) and Stephanie Lane-Weber (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, MD; Jani S. Tillery (Russell P. Butler, Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., on the brief), Upper Marlboro, MD, for Appellants.

Nathan Siegel (Adam J. Rappaport, Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schulz, LLP, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Appellee.

Panel: BARBERA, WOODWARD, JAMES A. KENNEY, III (retired, specially assigned), JJ.

JAMES A. KENNEY, III, Judge (retired, specially assigned).

These appeals require us to examine Maryland Rules 16-1001, et seq., which became effective on October 1, 2004. The issues presented involve balancing the media's right to access and copy court records in a criminal trial against the interests of the criminal defendant, the State, and the family of the victim in limiting access to those records.

WBAL-TV ("WBAL"), appellee, filed a Motion to...

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