AMENDMENT 1 | FREEDOM OF RELIGION, PRESS, EXPRESSION

"Every defendant has the right "to have a... trial... in the county where the crime was committed." Art. I, § 16, Fla. Const. (1968). There is no first amendment protection of the press' rights to attend pretrial hearings. Gannett. We should not elevate this non-constitutional privilege of the press above the constitutional right of the defendant to be tried in the county where the crime was committed. A change of venue should not be considered as an alternative to [sealing]."