State v. Diaz

N. JOSEPH DURANT, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This cause came on for hearing upon defendant’s moÚon to close certain pre-trial hearings to the public and for adoption of regulations regarding police disclosures and press conferences. The court having received memoranda of law and having oral argument, finds as follows— ;

*1481. It is the settled law of Florida that judicial proceedings are open to the public, and the press and public enjoy the right to attend such proceedings. In Re Petition of Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, 370 So.2d 764, 780-81 (Fla. 1979); State, ex rel. Miami Herald Publishing Co. v.…