April 2014

Florida Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court Orders Excluding Media From Jury Selection

Media Law Resource Center MediaLawLetter
Timothy J. Conner
In a first of its kind ruling in Florida, a Florida Appellate Court has issued a 27-page opinion unanimously vacating two orders of a trial court in Jacksonville, Fla., which had excluded the media from critical portions of the jury selection process in a high profile criminal trial.

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