State v. Harris

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

In his concurring opinion in State v. Allen, 73 N.J. 132, 146, 373 A.2d 377 (1977), Justice Pashman described a similar case as one involving “the interplay between two of our most basic constitutional guarantees — free speech and fair trial — which are also, as Mr. Justice Black correctly noted, ‘two of the most cherished policies of our civilization.’ ” Id. at 146, 373 A.2d 377 (quoting Bridges v. California; 314 U.S. 252, 260, 62 S.Ct. 190, 192, 86 L. Ed. 192, 201 (1941)).

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