Court Opinion

ID: 9725026
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:25:59.964769+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:09.232709
License: Public Domain

NEWSOM, J., Concurring.
I am in substantial agreement with all the views so ably expressed in Justice Elkington’s opinion. However, I wish to stress that, in exercising my obligation to independently assess the potential prejudice flowing from publication of the materials whose temporary suppression is sought, I have been influenced by the following consideration.
*737The objective contents of the materials sought to be disclosed, besides being only debatably admissible, are so repulsive and inflammatory in nature, as to compel the conclusion that their release would in all probability impair defendant’s right to a fair trial in whatever vicinity they might be released.
I am, I may add, entirely at a loss to understand why the district attorney favors the granting of an order which, if denied, can have no adverse effect upon the prosecution, but, if granted, might very well inject irremediable prejudice into these proceedings.