Legal Opinion
In Re Paul
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1999No. S98A2001, S99A0626PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
Keith Paul, a reporter for the Savannah Morning News, wrote a newspaper article reporting on a jailhouse interview with Arthur Hill who was under arrest for the murder of Annie Geohaghan. As a result, the state subpoenaed Paul seeking unpublished information about the interview, but Paul asserted the reporter’s privilege under OCGA § 24-9-30. Ruling that the qualified privilege did not apply, the trial court ordered Paul to answer most of the parties’ questions. Because the state has not shown that Paul waived the privilege or that the information sought is…
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