Dippolito v. State

The defendant in a criminal case seeks certiorari review of the trial court’s order prohibiting all attorneys in the case from making extrajudicial statements until the jury is sworn for the defendant’s third trial. The defendant argues the court’s order departs from the essential requirements of law in three respects: (1) the State made no evidentiary showing that any threat to a fair trial was imminent and substantial; (2) the order is an overbroad prohibition of political speech and the court failed to consider less restrictive alternatives like individual voir dire and striking of tainted…