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IN THE MATTER OF PACIFIC & SOUTHERN CO.

44702.

257 Ga. 484 (1987)

361 S.E.2d 159

IN THE MATTER OF: PACIFIC & SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC., d/b/a WXIA-TV.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, James C. Rawls, V. Robert Denham, Jr., Jennifer Falk Weiss, for appellant.

Stephen F. Lanier, District Attorney, Robert K. Finnell, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

Timothy Tyrone Foster was indicted for murder, burglary, and theft by taking, and the state announced that it would seek the death penalty. WXIA-TV was covering the trial in the Floyd County Superior Court and filed a motion to gain access to certain videotaped evidence in order to copy and televise it as part of its news coverage. The trial court denied the request, and this Court denied WXIA's motion for...

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