Sedona reporter tests Rule 122

Posted by admin in Arizona, Arizona Supreme Court on Jul 5th, 2009 | no responses

Tommy Acosta, editor of the Sedona Times and a freelance writer for Sedona.biz, has been ordered by the Sedona Magistrate Court to show cause why he should not be found in “indirect civil contempt” for allegedly videotaping a court proceeding.

Jennifer S. Paetkau, an assistant city attorney for the City of Sedona, alleges that Mr. Acosta, while attending a driving-with-suspended-license Arraignment proceeding for Melinda Arnold June 17 at the City Council Chamber, with the knowledge of the defendant, videotaped the proceeding without permission from the court, therefore violating Rule 122(f) of the Arizona Rules of the Supreme Court.

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