Legal Opinion
Brown v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 22, 1974No. Record 730464PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
Charles Willie Brown appeals a final judgment order entered February 12, 1973 confirming a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the second degree and fixing his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary.
The dispositive issue before us is whether the trial court erred in refusing to require a newspaper reporter to divulge the identity of a confidential source of a published account of the crime.
On the day after the killing, the Free Lance Star, an afternoon newspaper, reported that William Monroe Atchison, Jr., had been shot in the head “last night” and “died this morning”. Citing…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. LiddyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
- State v. St. PeterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
3Cited by46 opinions
- United States v. Cuthbertson, Gerald M. Appeal of Cbs Inc., Third Party WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Murray W. (Dusty) Miller v. Transamerican Press, Inc., Transamerican Press of Texas, Inc. And Mike ParkhurstCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- In Re Myron FarberSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1978
- Rosato v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Commonwealth v. Two JuvenilesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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