KRENZLER, P. J.
This case involves the classical confrontation between a newsperson who contends he has an absolute, or at least a qualified, First Amendment right not to reveal confidential sources of information, and a defendant who contends that such information is essential to his right to a fair trial as provided by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
One Julius Petro was shot and killed in Los Angeles, California, in January 1969,...
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