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· 11/1/2002

Globe Newspaper Co. v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 570 S.E.2d 809
  • 264 Va. 622
  • 31 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1312
  • 2002 Va. LEXIS 156

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • rejecting the notion that, in a trial in which DNA test results have been admitted, the First Amendment right of “access” to admitted evidence includes the right to have additional DNA testing performed on the biological sample tested to produce the result already in evidence
  • rejecting the notion that, in a trial in which DNA test results have been admitted, the First Amendment right of \access\ to admitted evidence includes the right to have additional DNA testing performed on the biological sample tested to produce the result already in evidence
  • “The right of access to judicial proceedings and records is well-established.”

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Judges: Donald W. Lemons

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