Dodge City reporter's court date postponed

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DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A Dodge City Daily Globe reporter's testimony about a jailhouse interview she conducted with a murder suspect has been postponed until Jan. 5.

Claire O'Brien was subpoenaed late Monday afternoon to appear Tuesday at an inquisition about a story she wrote about murder suspect Samuel Bonilla.

But O'Brien and Globe attorneys fighting the subpoena were not notified in time to clear their schedules to attend the inquisition, a secret proceeding similar to a grand jury.

Ford County Attorney Terry Malone is seeking testimony from O'Brien concerning O'Brien's interview with Bonilla. The Dodge City man is facing a second-degree murder count and an attempted murder charge involving the Labor Day weekend shooting of two men in the Arkansas River bed.

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Information from: The Dodge City Globe, http://www.dodgeglobe.com