In re January 27, 2017 Order Releasing Grand Jury Materials

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant, the State of Ohio, appeals from the trial court's order of January 27, 2017, granting in part the petition of Defendant-appellee, C.P., for the release of certain grand jury testimony and associated exhibits. The State argues that the trial court erred because C.P. may not use the materials for the purpose indicated in his petition; because C.P. failed to demonstrate a particularized need for the testimony; and because the court did not *1172 inspect the materials in camera before releasing them. For the following reasons, we find that the court should have denied C.P.'s…