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WBZ-TV, WBZ-AM Radio, WMUR Channel 9, The Boston Globe, Courtroom Television Network, LLC, and the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Associations of Broadcasters, (hereinafter “the petitioners”), request that the Court enter an order permitting them to videotape, record, and photograph the remaining proceedings in the matter of the State v. Robert Tulloch. Robert Tulloch is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. For the reasons that follow, the petition is DENIED.

The defendant, James B. Hobbs, is charged with one count of theft by misapplication of property and five counts of forgery. The defendant has moved for reconsideration of this court’s order granting the motion of the Nashua Telegraph (“the Telegraph”) to unseal the defendant’s motion to appoint counsel and accompanying financial affidavit. The Telegraph objects. The court conducted a hearing on this motion on March 20, 2006. Upon due consideration of the parties’ arguments and submissions, and the relevant law, the court finds and rules as follows.