Legal Opinion
In Re Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided September 6, 2001No. 14-01-00637-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES W. SEYMORE, Justice.
The Houston Chronicle Publishing Company (the “Houston Chronicle”), relator, seeks writ of mandamus to compel the 230th District Court of Harris County, Texas, to set aside a gag order entered in Cause Number 880205, The State of Texas v. Andrea Pia Yates. The order restrains trial counsel, defendant and certain witnesses from making extrajudicial statements to the media regarding the pending Yates criminal prosecution. The trial court has indirectly denied the Houston Chronicle access to those trial participants; however, we hold the order, as written, does…
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