Gannett Co., Inc. v. State

The majority today holds that a court may deny the public and the press access to the names of jurors impanelled in a criminal trial, as a matter of discretion, without balancing the public’s right of access against the threat to a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial.. The United States Supreme Court has recognized that the public’s right of access to judicial proceedings is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.1 Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, 448 U.S. 555, 100 S.Ct. 2814, 65 L.Ed.2d 973 (1980); Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, 457…