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STATE v. SHERIDAN

[No. 654, September Term, 1966.]

248 Md. 320 (1967)

236 A.2d 18

STATE OF MARYLAND v. SHERIDAN

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 13, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Leonard Rottman, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and William A. Linthicum, Jr., State's Attorney for Montgomery County, on the brief, for appellant.

Herbert J. Miller, Jr., with whom were James T. Wharton and Howard Monderer on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and HORNEY, MARBURY, BARNES, FINAN and SINGLEY, JJ.

HAMMOND, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Walter J. Sheridan, a special correspondent and investigative reporter for a national broadcasting network, was subpoenaed to testify before the Montgomery County Grand Jury on November 28, 1966, in connection with suspected irregularities or unlawfulness in administrative zoning decisions which he had investigated. He refused to tell the Grand Jury the details of a conversation between him and one Patrick, although...

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