The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the lawyers of movie theater killer James Holmes who demanded FoxNews.com reporter Jana Winter be compelled to testify about the source of one of her stories. The high court’s decision keeps in place a December ruling from the New York Court of Appeals ending the nearly two-year-long legal fight.
DENVER (AP) — Lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal to increase legal protections for reporters and their sources in Colorado, an idea that was prompted by the case of a […]
New York appeals court rules that Jana Winter gets the benefit of the state’s shield law and won’t have to divulge who leaked her news of James Holmes’ notebook.
Jana Winter broke a worldwide scoop about the midnight massacre at a suburban Denver movie theater as part of her job for Fox News. Now she is the story — one whose next chapter will be written by the highest court in New York. On Tuesday, the Court of Appeals will hear arguments on whether Winter should be compelled to testify in Colorado to reveal the confidential sources behind her July 25, 2012, exclusive report.
Fox News reporter Jana Winter was subpoenaed in connection with a Colorado hearing about a leak concerning a notebook that Aurora, Colo., theater shooting suspect James Holmes mailed to a psychiatrist before the attack. Winter’s lawyers say the state’s shield laws protect journalists’ sources.
A Fox News reporter who could face jail time if she refuses to testify about her sources in the Aurora theater shooting case has won a reprieve. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. ruled Monday that he won’t decide whether to order reporter Jana Winter to testify until he first decides whether the key clue in the case she was to testify about will be allowed as evidence. In doing so, Samour sided with an argument by Winter’s lawyers that the testimony issue isn’t “ripe” for ruling.
