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APPMAN v. WORTHINGTON

746 S.W.2d 165 (1987)

John E. APPMAN and Herbert S. Moncier, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Sgt. James WORTHINGTON, Administrative Assistant of Internal Affairs, Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility, State of Tennessee, Department of Correction, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Rehearing Granted December 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen., and Reporter, David M. Himmelreich, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent-appellant.

John E. Appman, Jamestown, Herbert S. Moncier, Knoxville, for petitioners-appellees.

OPINION

COOPER, Justice.

This appeal presents the issue of whether records of the investigation into the death of an inmate of a state correctional facility are available for inspection under T.C.A. § 10-7-503 of the Public Records Act. We hold that they are not where, as in this case, the records are relevant to a pending criminal prosecution.

Carl Estep, an inmate in the Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility, was killed by fellow inmates...

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