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NEWS & OBSERVER PUB. v. STATE EX REL. STARLING

No. 1PA84.

322 S.E.2d 133 (1984)

312 N.C. 276

NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. STATE of North Carolina, ex rel. Haywood STARLING, Director of The State Bureau of Investigation. The COUNTY OF WAKE v. STATE of North Carolina, ex rel. Haywood STARLING, Director of The State Bureau of Investigation, in his official capacity. Dr. John A. MURPHY v. STATE of North Carolina, ex rel. Haywood STARLING, Director of The State Bureau of Investigation, in his official capacity.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard by H. Hugh Stevens, Jr., and Nancy Bentson Essex, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee, The News and Observer Pub. Co.

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., J. Michael Carpenter, and Daniel C. Higgins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for State.

MITCHELL, Justice.

The issues raised by this appeal concern the circumstances under which members of the public are to be given access to records of the State Bureau of Investigation [hereinafter "S.B.I."]. Our analysis of these issues rests upon our interpretation of N.C. G.S. 114-15 which provides that S.B.I. records and evidence are not public records but may be made available to the public "only upon an order of a court of competent

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