Legal Opinion
In Re Letellier
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 20, 1990PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
Does a television news reporter have a constitutional privilege to refuse to comply with a grand jury subpoena commanding him to turn over the unbroadcast portions of a videotaped, nonconfidential interview given him by a public official under criminal investigation for official misconduct? In the fact circumstances presented by this case, we conclude that he does not. We therefore affirm the judgment of the Superior Court (York County, Bradford, J.) denying reporter John Impemba’s motion to quash the grand jury subpoena and ordering him and his employer, Maine Radio…
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