ARKANSAS GAZETTE CO. v. LOFTON

No. 80-2.

598 S.W.2d 745 (1980)

ARKANSAS GAZETTE CO., Petitioner, v. Floyd J. LOFTON, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose Law Firm, P. A., Little Rock, for petitioner.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Debby Thetford Nye, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for respondent.


HOLT, Justice.

Otha Lee Conley was charged with four counts of rape which were committed in the Quapaw Quarter area of Little Rock during the summer of 1978. Following two trials, which included other incidental charges, he was convicted and sentenced to a total of 143 years. During a preliminary hearing about a week before the third trial, the trial court enjoined and restrained the petitioner from (1) publishing any information regarding the substance of the preliminary...

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