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STATE EX REL. STEFFEN v. KRAFT

No. 92-2255.

67 Ohio St.3d 439 (1993)

THE STATE EX REL. STEFFEN, APPELLANT, v. KRAFT, JUDGE, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 6, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Kura, Ohio Public Defender, and Dale A. Baich, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and William E. Breyer, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Baker & Hostetler, David L. Marburger and Beth A. Brandon, urging reversal for amici curiae, Cincinnati Post, Ohio Newspaper Association and Plain Dealer Publishing Company.

Per Curiam.

The court of appeals did not err in dismissing Steffen's mandamus complaint seeking public access to respondent's personal trial notes. That court also properly acted within its discretion in declining to conduct an in camera review of the notes.

A trial judge's personal handwritten notes made during the course of a trial are not public records. State ex rel. Mothers Against Drunk Drivers v. Gosser (1985),

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