Court Says OC Register Can Report on Its Own Trial

LAT isn’t the only SoCal paper getting sued by its employees. Newspaper carriers are suing the OC Register. A judge had ruled against the paper covering the trial, fearing bias and an ability to poison the jury pool.

An appellate court yesterday ruled differently:

The five-page unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel said Orange County Superior Court Judge David C. Velasquez’s order barring only the Register from reporting testimony during the trial violates both state and federal constitutions.

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