‘People’s Court’ Murder Case Erupts in Gag Order Fight

Attorneys for Dale Smith Jr., who is charged with the 2011 second-degree murder of his ex-fiancée, Michelle Parker, clashed with prosecutors over media transparency and a proposed restrictive gag order. The judge agreed to unseal the long-suppressed, 46-page arrest affidavit but also temporarily granted the State’s request for a gag order barring both sides and law enforcement from publicly discussing the evidence, theories, or facts of the case ahead of trial.

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