State v. DeLAURO

¶1 Under article I, section 10 of our state constitution, documents considered by a judge in making a decision in a court proceeding are presumptively open to public review. We hold this provision applies to a written report evaluating a defendant’s competency to stand trial when the report is considered by the trial court in determining the defendant competent.

¶2 This matter involves separate prosecutions against Charles DeLauro and Rodrigo Hernandez on criminal charges. In each case, the superior court received a written report from Western State Hospital providing an evaluation of the…