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STATE EX REL. THOMPSON NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. MARTIN

No. 88-2071.

47 Ohio St. 3d 28 (1989)

THE STATE, EX REL. THOMPSON NEWSPAPERS, INC., D.B.A. THE LANCASTER EAGLE GAZETTE, APPELLEE, v. MARTIN, JUDGE, ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Landefeld, prosecuting attorney, for appellants.

Lantz, Lantz & Lipp Co., L.P.A., and Charles J. Lantz, for appellee.

Robert D. Horowitz, prosecuting attorney, Paul A. Mastriacovo and Ronald Mark Caldwell, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

HOLMES, J.

One issue in this case is whether documents containing allegations of criminal conduct become public records when they are submitted to a judge pursuant to the request to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a matter. We are also asked to determine if documents containing allegations of criminal conduct become public records after a prosecutor decides not to formally charge a suspect. For the reasons which follow, we answer both questions in the...

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