MANCHESTER, N.H. — Television and radio stations won't be allowed to broadcast live from the courtroom in the case of a man charged with killing a police officer, a judge has ruled.

Michael Addison, 26, is charged with capital murder in the death of Manchester Officer Michael Briggs, who was shot in the head Oct. 16 while answering a domestic disturbance call.

Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Kathleen McGuire's ruling applies to any court hearing related to the case, including Addison's trial. According to the Dec. 27 ruling, no live video or audio feeds of any court proceedings will be permitted.

WMUR-TV officials were studying the order and did not respond in time for this story.

Until several years ago, judges had complete discretion to decide whether to allow cameras and microphones in their courtrooms. But the state Supreme Court issued new rules in 2004 after news organizations appealed a lower court's decision to ban electronic media from hearings in the murders of two Dartmouth College professors.

The current rules allow the news media to photograph, videotape, record and broadcast most court proceedings, though nothing in the rules says live feeds must be allowed. The rules make it clear that anyone seeking to ban cameras or microphones, including a judge, must show the presence of such equipment will harm a substantial right, such as a defendant's right to a fair trial.

The rules also give judges the authority to limit the number of cameras in the courtroom. In the Addison case, only one video camera will be allowed, and members of the electronic and photographic media will pool equipment and personnel, McGuire said.

McGuire also reserved the right to exclude or further limit media coverage if necessary "to ensure the integrity and dignity of the judicial process, to protect a substantial legitimate privacy interest, to deal with matters not open to the public or when the interests of justice require."

Addison, described in court documents as an unemployed father of two young children, was captured at his grandmother's apartment in the Dorchester section of Boston hours after the shooting. Briggs, a father of two boys, died at Elliot Hospital the next day.

Addison could face the death penalty if convicted.