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WALB-TV, INC. v. GIBSON

No. S98A0066.

501 S.E.2d 821 (1998)

269 Ga. 564

WALB-TV, INC. v. GIBSON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Cannon Jr., Cannon & Meyer Von Bremen, Albany, for WALB-TV, Inc.

John R. Parks, Dist. Atty., Americus, Michael Mears, Multicounty Public Defender, Atlanta, for Thad W. Gibson et al.

James C. Rawls, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, LLP, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

HINES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a television station's request for electronic media access to court proceedings. Karen Michelle Eckman and William Jack Lematty are charged with murdering two victims. The State is not seeking the death penalty against Eckman, but is against Lematty. The defendants are to be tried separately, Eckman first.1 WALB-TV filed a request to install audio and video recording equipment in the courtroom for...

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