Claim
Claim 836
Judge Otis T. Dunagan presided over the pretrial hearing on a defense motion to prohibit cameras at Billie Sol Estes's trial in Tyler, Texas.
- Statement
- Judge Otis T. Dunagan presided over the pretrial hearing on a defense motion to prohibit cameras at Billie Sol Estes's trial in Tyler, Texas.
- Field
- journalist_affected
- Value
- Judge Dunagan presided
- Source
- Estes v. Texas (1965)
- Publisher
- The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
- Method
- outlet report
- Checked
- 2026-09-26
- Confidence
- medium
- Status
- current
- Source date
- 2023-08-06
Quotation from the source
A pre-trial hearing in the court of Judge Otis T. Dunagan (on bench at left) was held in Tyler, Texas in 1962, on a motion by Estes attorney John Cofer (right), to prohibit pictures at the Billie Sol Estes trial.