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Robbery
In re Arya - Action brought by the state to divest a reporter of his statutory privilege in connection with video tapes and notes pertaining to a triple murder and armed robbery. The circuit court divested the reporter of his privilege, ordered production of the video tapes and notes, and held the reporter in contempt for failing to produce the material. The appellate Court vacated and remanded holding that "other available sources: of information that the State must exhaust before seeking to divest a reporter of his statutory privilege are specific persons and things that can themselves provide the sought-after testimony or evidence and are not law enforcement procedures or methods of investigation. The trial court sho8uld have considered the contents of discovery material that the State's available sources were exhausted by the State and that the last resort to get the information should be a divestiture of a reporter's statutory privilege.

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Phone: (217) 544-1777

Address: 1005 N 7th St, Springfield, IL 62702

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James C Craven Attorney

Robbery
In re Arya - Action brought by the state to divest a reporter of his statutory privilege in connection with video tapes and notes pertaining to a triple murder and armed robbery. The circuit court divested the reporter of his privilege, ordered production of the video tapes and notes, and held the reporter in contempt for failing to produce the material. The appellate Court vacated and remanded holding that "other available sources: of information that the State must exhaust before seeking to divest a reporter of his statutory privilege are specific persons and things that can themselves provide the sought-after testimony or evidence and are not law enforcement procedures or methods of investigation. The trial court sho8uld have considered the contents of discovery material that the State's available sources were exhausted by the State and that the last resort to get the information should be a divestiture of a reporter's statutory privilege.
Murder
In re Gee - Newspapers petitioned to intervene and gain access to a sealed search warrant file in prosecution for the murder of a family. The circuit court granted petitions to interven and granted in part the petitions to gain access to search warrant file. The Appellate Court held that presumption of public access did not attach to sealed search warrant file.

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Upon graduating in 1981, Mr. Craven went to work for the Springfield law firm of Londrigan & Potter (now Londrigan, Potter & Randle), where he practiced general business law for five years.

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Reppert v. Southern Illinois University - Newspaper brought action against state university and its chancellor to obtain disclosure of the employment contracts of several university employees, claiming that the state constitution required disclosure of the contracts, that the FOIA compelled disclosure of the contracts, and that chancellor had a ministerial duty to release the contracts to the public. The circuit court granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendants on the FOIA claim and granted defendants' motion to dismiss the remaining counts. The Appellate Court reversed and remanded holding that the employment contracts were not exempt from disclosure under personnel-file exemption of the FOIA.

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