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Criminal

Sep. 17, 2004

Panel Rejects Paper's Free Speech Claim

SAN JOSE - A criminal grand jury's admonition to witnesses not to talk to anyone - including news reporters - about their testimony did not violate First Amendment prohibitions against prior restraint of speech, a 6th District Court of Appeal panel ruled Wednesday.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN JOSE - A criminal grand jury's admonition to witnesses not to talk to anyone - including news reporters - about their testimony did not violate First Amendment prohibitions against prior restraint of speech, a 6th District Court of Appeal panel ruled Wednesday.
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