State high court upholds prior restraint on videotaped talks

From: News Media and the Law | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

In late August, the state Supreme Court in Columbia held that the media could not disseminate the contents of a videotape containing privileged communication between a criminal defendant and his attorney.

The court determined that the media's First Amendment right of free speech was outweighed by accused killer BJ. Quattlebaum's Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial and that the prior restraint was necessary to protect that right.

B.J. Quattlebaum was indicted in March 1996 for several crimes ine cluding murder, assault and battery and armed robbery. The State of South Carolina sought the ...

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