Judge refuses to explain sealing of Huguely search warrants

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A Charlottesville judge ruled against several news organizations seeking access to a court order that sealed records related to an investigation of murder suspect George Huguely V.

Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Higgins dismissed a petition filed by three newspapers and the Associated Press that would have disclosed the court’s sealing order and explained why search warrants of Huguely’s apartment were kept confidential.

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