STATE v. COPE

No. C-950671.

111 Ohio App.3d 309 (1996)

The STATE of Ohio, Appellant, v. COPE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, First District, Hamilton County.

Decided April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Deters, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Jennifer Day, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Kim Cope, pro se.


PAINTER, Judge.

The state appeals the trial court's order sealing1 the record of appellee Kim Cope's 1973 drug conviction, for which Cope had received a pardon. This seems to be an issue of first impression, as neither party has cited, and we are unable to discover, any Ohio cases directly on point. We affirm.2

The state raises two assignments of error, the first of which is that the doctrine of

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