1989-03-24 Comments of Star Tribune.pdf - Minnesota Judicial Branch

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NiNTE JUDICIAt DISTIUCT COURT
PARISE OF RAPIDES
STATE OF LOUISIANA
0: The' Chief JUS-- *ice and Associate Justices of the Louisiana
supreme court
'ROM: Guy E. Bmphries, Jr., Distsict Judge, Division B,
Ninth Judicial District Court
REPORT ON PILOT PROJECT ON THE ?R.ESENCS OF CUE-S AND
ELECTRONIC EQCifPXEXT IN TRZ COUR?RoOH
This is a report pursuant to largaraph 11 "Duration and
:valuation" of the Order of the Louisizuaa Supreme Court ‘of
:ebrlm 23, 1978.
Subscqucnt to the order, Judge Sumphrics attempted to obtain
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>erm~ssaon for camera and electronic coverage of every proceeding
,f every case that came up in his court.
Judge Sumphries met with vc,ry limited success in obtaining
>ermirsicn for camera and electronic ccvtrage.
The first matter wherein permission was obtained was State
af Louisiana v. Henry 8.' Reid, Sheriff cf Calcasieu Parish.
:udge Iiumphries was assigned by the Louisiana Supreme Court to sit
,n the aforesaid trial. During the couzse of the trial the jury
#as taken out to where the Sheriff lived to view the property
that he owned that was commonly referred to during the course of
tie trial as the 'Sheriff's farm". The cameras accompanied the
zourf personnel,. the, jury and a.number of spectators-to the
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property. Quite a bit of TV filming and still pictures were made
at tic 'f2z.a.. The TV station had a special showing of
approximtely S minutes of the film it had made. In addition to
this permission was obtained from the parties and the attorneys
for live TV and radio coverage and still photography of the
:endition of the verdict by the jury. The cameras filmed the
jury returning to the courtroom, after it had reached a verdict,
and the colloquy between the judge and tie ju-q pertaining to the
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