Public Defenders Office Charleston County VS Evening Post Publishing Newspaper Group Inc , defendant, et a
N/AOUTCOME: Win
Edward Fenno and Rob Darby prevailed on a Motion to Dismiss an invasion of privacy case filed on behalf of an alleged murderer who sought to block publication of his mental health records before trial. ... The firm assisted Charleston’s The Post and Courier newspaper in a lawsuit that alleged harm to the accused murderer’s 6th Amendment right to fair trial and sought an injunction blocking publication and further dissemination of the health records. South Carolina has a previous Supreme Court decision in which a prior restraint on news media speech was granted in the face of a 6th Amendment claim.
