PETITION OF POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, FLORIDA, INC., FOR CHANGE IN CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT
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The court amended its prior decision to authorize an additional circuit judge to conduct experimental televised trials.
The Chief Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit experienced difficulty obtaining party agreement for televised trials. The court had previously issued …
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PER CURIAM.
This Court has been advised by The Honorable Ben C. Willis, Chief Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, that he is having difficulty obtaining agreement of parties and counsel to provide a civil and criminal trial for televising in accordance with the guidelines set forth in our interlocutory decision reported in In re Petition of Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc., 327 So. 2d 1 (Fla.1976), as supplemented by our order dated April 12, 1976.
We hereby amend our previous decision in this cause in order to authorize The Honorable Parker Lee McDonald, Circuit Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, to conduct for experimental purposes one televised criminal trial and one televised civil trial in accordance with the guidelines set forth in our prior interlocutory decision in this cause reported at 327 So. 2d 1 (Fla.1976), as supplemented by our order of April 12, 1976.
Judge McDonald has consented to exercise this authority in his jurisdiction in Orange County, Florida. The authority herein granted to Judge McDonald is in addition to the authority previously granted to Judge Willis.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, C. J., and ROBERTS, ADKINS, BOYD, ENGLAND, SUNDBERG and HATCHETT, JJ., concur.
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