In Re Myron Farber

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• recognizing that majority of Supreme Court found no First Amendment privilege
• defendant must make preliminary showing of “legitimate need” before he may have in camera inspection of material protected by press-shield statute
• important interest of press in confidentiality of sources, though not constitutional, must be weighed against criminal defendant’s constitutional right to a fair trial
• there is no First Amendment privilege of refusing to reveal relevant confidential information and its sources to grand jury, which is engaged in the fundamental function of fair and effective law enforcement
• sixth amendment right to cross-examine overrides state reporter’s shield law
• refused to apply first-amendment privilege in criminal investigation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).