Fisher v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
481 So.2d 203 (1985)
Larry R. FISHER
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 56050.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 16, 1985.
William B. Jacob, H.C. "Mike" Watkins, Meridian, for appellant.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Charles Wright, Dist. Atty., Meridian, for appellee.
EN BANC.
ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court.
I. Overview
The tensions inherent between the constitutionally vested rights of the press to be free and one criminally accused to a fair trial have troubled this and other states for years.
On the one hand, we regard freedom of the press as…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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