People v. Fioretti

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Howard E. Goldfluss, J.

The recurrent issue raised by counsel’s motion to enjoin the District Attorney and the police department from providing information to the media concerns the classic conflict of rights —the public’s right to know under the First Amendment and the accused’s inviolate right to a fair trial under the Sixth. It must be stated at the outset, that the defendant has a heavy burden. This is a "prior restraint” request, and, as such, the Supreme Court has viewed it with a strong presumption against its constitutional validity. (See, Carroll v Princess Anne,…