Court Opinion

ID: 7498195
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 04:20:11.77861+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:34:58.708771
License: Public Domain

* Editor's Note: The opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama in Williams v. State published in the advance sheets at this citation (373 So.2d 1234), was withdrawn from the bound volume by order of the court.
On authority of Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart,427 U.S. 539, 96 S.Ct. 2791, 49 L.Ed.2d 683, and related cases, the judgment convicting The Birmingham Post Herald Newspaper and its reporter, Greg McDonald, for contempt of court is hereby reversed, and judgment is here rendered discharging the newspaper and the reporter from the fine and sentence imposed by the lower court. Said fine and sentence are hereby vacated and held for naught.
REVERSED AND RENDERED.
All the Judges concur.