Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. Dean

OPINION

SAM BASS, Justice.

Relators, Houston Chronicle Publishing Company and Kathy Fair, one of its reporters, request this Court to compel respondent, Judge Joe Ned Dean, (1) to release to them the full transcript of the hearing on the defendant’s motion to transfer venue in State v. Penry, No. 10222 (Dist.Ct. of Polk County, 258th Judicial Dist. of Texas, sitting in Walker County), and (2) to allow them to remain in attendance until the conclusion of the proceedings in State v. Penry. We granted relators’ motion for leave to file on May 31, 1990.

Judge Dean, judge of the 258th District Court…