State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. Waters

Appellants appeal only that part of the decision concerning the grand jury subpoenas and the Grand Jury Witness Record Book. The parties argue three issues concerning the subpoenas and the witness book: (1) whether the documents are protected by grand jury secrecy under Crim.R. 6(E); (2) whether the documents are “confidential law enforcement investigatory records,” as defined in R.C. 149.43(A)(2), and thus not “public records,” as defined in R.C. 149.43(A)(1); and (3) whether the records are protected by the local court order of the appellee judges, as a manifestation of the inherent…