Times-News Publishing Company, Inc. v. State

WALKER, Judge.

In November 1992, Mark E. Crotts was convicted of first degree murder. Following the Supreme Court’s decision granting Crotts a new trial, the clerk of court was ordered to return to the parties the evidence which was introduced at trial, including but not limited to the murder weapon, blood scrapings, crime scene photographs, fingerprints, and clothing worn by the victims at the time of their deaths.

On 30 June 1995, the plaintiff, Times-News Publishing Company, Inc. (Times News), requested pursuant to the Public Records Act that “[the District Attorney] make available to the…