Case Name: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS FLORIDA, INC., d/b/a WPLG Channel 10, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, and John Clements, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-01-14
Citations: 704 So. 2d 1115
Docket Number: No. 97-3257
Parties: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS FLORIDA, INC., d/b/a WPLG Channel 10, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, and John Clements, Respondents.
Judges: STONE, C.J., and KLEIN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 704
Pages: 1115–1116

Head Matter:
POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS FLORIDA, INC., d/b/a WPLG Channel 10, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, and John Clements, Respondents.
No. 97-3257.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 14, 1998.
Rehearing and Certification of Question Denied Feb. 19, 1998.
Karen Williams Kammer of Mitrani, Rynor & Adamsky, P.A., Miami, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent State of Florida.

Opinion:
POLEN, Judge.
We deny the petition for writ of certiorari. As this Court found in Investigation: Florida Statute 27.04, Subpoena of Roche v. State, 589 So.2d 978, 980 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), a party seeking to have confidential sources disclosed must establish 1) that the information is relevant; 2) the information is not available from alternative sources; and 3) there is a compelling need for the information. See also Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665, 92 S.Ct. 2646, 33 L.Ed.2d 626 (1972). We find the trial court correctly applied this three-prong test in denying petitioner's motion to quash two subpoenas duces tecum, served by the state in connection with a criminal investigation, which required disclosure of a video tape identifying the petitioner's confidential sources. As such, petitioner has not established a departure from the requirements of the law to merit certiorari relief. See Bared & Co. v. McGuire, 670 So.2d 153, 156 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).
DENIED.
STONE, C.J., and KLEIN, J., concur.