Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Steffen v. Kraft
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1993No. 92-2255PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per 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), 20 Ohio St.3d 30, 32, 20 OBR 279, 281, 485 N.E.2d 706, 709, fn. 2; State ex rel. Martinelli v. Corrigan (1991), 71 Ohio App.3d 243, 593 N.E.2d 364.
*440R.C. 149.43(A)(1) defines “public record”…
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