Legal Opinion
People v. Combest
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 22, 2005PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
This appeal tests the scope of the journalist’s privilege in non-confidential information in the context of criminal proceedings.
On April 16, 2000, gunfire between two groups of young men erupted across a Brooklyn intersection. When the shots concluded, a bystander, caught in the crossfire, lay dying on the sidewalk. Two days later, detectives from the Brooklyn North Homicide Task Force arrested 17-year-old defendant in his home.
Accompanying these detectives was a film crew from Hybrid Films, Inc., a production company that was in the process of creating a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. RosarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Stephan v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1985
- State v. ScalesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994
- Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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3Cited by16 opinions
- People v. SilburnCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 2018
- People v. CarnevaleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Holmes v. WinterNew York Court of Appeals · 2013
- People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
- People v. HammsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008
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