Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Juvenile judge refuses to release murder case transcripts

2014-03-20T23:59:16-05:00

By Mitch Mitchell Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published March 20, 2014 FORT WORTH — After twice barring the media from court hearings in a murder case involving a juvenile, state district Judge Jean Boyd on Thursday denied a request to make records from that case public. Tarrant County prosecutor Riley Shaw requested that she issue written findings of fact that she used to support the ruling. Boyd did not comment on her decision. Several North Texas media outlets, including the Star-Telegram, had petitioned the court to make public any records and transcripts from the case of a 16-year-old boy, identified in [...]

Juvenile judge refuses to release murder case transcripts2014-03-20T23:59:16-05:00

Star-Telegram, other news outlets go to court over closed juvenile hearings

2014-02-10T22:14:00-06:00

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Originally published Jan. 30, 2014 Six major media outlets in Dallas-Fort Worth joined Wednesday to file a plea in intervention in state District Judge Jean Boyd’s Tarrant County juvenile court to ask that any hearings regarding Ethan Couch be held in open court. The motion also asks that the media outlets be given a chance to be heard if the judge considers motions to close a hearing to the public or makes a decision to do that on her own. Boyd made national news recently for sentencing Couch, 16, to 10 years’ probation and therapy for driving drunk and [...]

Star-Telegram, other news outlets go to court over closed juvenile hearings2014-02-10T22:14:00-06:00
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