STATE EX REL. CARPENTER v. TUBBS JONES

No. 95-16.

72 Ohio St.3d 579 (1995)

THE STATE EX REL. CARPENTER, APPELLANT, v. TUBBS JONES, PROS. ATTY., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danny Carpenter, pro se.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Carol Shockley, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.


FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

We are asked to determine whether appellant is entitled to those records pertaining to his criminal trial and those of his co-defendants. Appellee argues that it need not release these records because they are contained within the prosecutor's litigation file and are exempt from release under R.C. 149.43(A)(1) as "trial preparation records."

Not every record contained within a prosecutor's file is an exempt "trial preparation record...

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