· 1/16/1979
Hammarley v. Superior Court
Citations
- 89 Cal. App. 3d 388
- 153 Cal. Rptr. 608
- 4 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2055
- 1979 Cal. App. LEXIS 1387
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- to gain in camera disclosure of news reporter’s information privileged by statute, defendant must show reasonable possibility information might result in exoneration and is unavailable from another source
- reporter's statutory privilege outweighed by \defendants' right meaningfully to confront and cross-examine their primary accuser with the benefit of all evidence reasonably available to challenge his credibility.\ Id. at 401, 153 Cal. Rptr. at 615
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Judges: Puglia
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