STATE, EX REL. COLEMAN v. CITY OF CINCINNATI

No. 90-1037.

57 Ohio St. 3d 83 (1991)

THE STATE, EX REL. COLEMAN, APPELLEE, v. CITY OF CINCINNATI ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall M. Dana, Ohio public defender, David C. Stebbins, Dale A. Baich and Randall L. Porter, for appellee.

Richard A. Castellini, city solicitor, and Karl P. Kadon III, for appellants.


Per Curiam.

Cincinnati asserts that the records are exempt from release as trial preparation records. We hold the court of appeals did not abuse its discretion in holding that the police department's homicide investigative files in this case did not qualify as exempt "trial preparation records" under R.C. 149.43(A)(4). Hence, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

R.C. 149.43 mandates the release of public records, but excepts a "trial preparation...

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