IN RE APRIL 7, 1999 GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS

No. 99 BA 25.

140 Ohio App.3d 755 (2000)

In re APRIL 7, 1999 GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Seventh District, Belmont County.

Decided December 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Padden, Special Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Roetzel & Andress, Ronald S. Kopp and Amie L. Bruggeman, for appellant.


WAITE, Judge.

This timely appeal arises from the judgment of the Belmont County Court of Common Pleas, finding appellant, a newspaper reporter, in contempt of court. The contempt arose when appellant refused to reveal the date on which he received confidential information pertaining to the Belmont County Department of Human Services, information that was ultimately published in the Akron Beacon Journal. For all of the following reasons, the trial court's ruling is...

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