Roberts v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Roberts v. State

116 S.E.2d 585, 216 Ga. 405, 1960 Ga. LEXIS 486

Supreme Court of Georgia·Decided October 6, 1960·No. 21006·Published

Opinion

Mobley, Justice.

This case is controlled by the decision rendered in Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. v. State of Ga., ante. The plaintiff in error here is the reporter and agent of Atlanta Newspapers, Inc., who wrote the newspaper article which appeared in the Atlanta Journal of June 2, 1959, which was one of the articles upon which the contempt citation was issued in Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. v. State of Ga., ante.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. B. P. Gambrell, W. Glen Harlan, John E. Dougherty, Edward W. Killorin, for plaintiff in error. Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, J. Walter LeCraw, contra.

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Mobley, Justice.

This case is controlled by the decision rendered in Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. v. State of Ga., ante. The plaintiff in error here is the reporter and agent of Atlanta Newspapers, Inc., who wrote the newspaper article which appeared in the Atlanta Journal of June 2, 1959, which was one of the articles upon which the contempt citation was issued in Atlanta Newspapers, Inc. v. State of Ga., ante.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. B. P. Gambrell, W. Glen Harlan, John E. Dougherty, Edward W. Killorin, for plaintiff in error. Paul Webb, Solicitor-General, J. Walter LeCraw, contra.

Roberts v. State, 116 S.E.2d 585, 216 Ga. 405, 1960 Ga. LEXIS 486 (Ga. 1960).

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