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Cameras Allowed, and Not Allowed, at Sheley Hearing
MORRISON, Ill. (AP) -- Photos have been shot for the first time at a high-profile case inside a state courtroom since the Illinois Supreme Court announced its historic decision last month to experiment with cameras in courts.

The judge presiding over alleged spree killer Nicholas Sheley's trial in northwestern Illinois surprised reporters Friday by allowing them to take still photographs at a pre-trial hearing.

Attending media hadn't brought photographers along because Judge Jeffrey O'Connor said earlier that cameras would be barred.

So reporters, including from The Associated Press, took out cell phones to photograph the courtroom scene, including the shackled defendant.

The hearing's main business was to decide if cameras would be permitted at the trial itself. O'Connor said they would.

Sheley is accused of killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri in 2008.

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