Legal Opinion
State v. Athon
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 2013No. 2012-0628PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*44O’Donnell, J.
{¶ 1} The state of Ohio appeals from a judgment of the First District Court of Appeals that reversed an order of the trial court compelling Gary Athon to provide reciprocal discovery to the state after he used a public records request instead of Crim.R. 16 to obtain information relating to his pending criminal case from the State Highway Patrol. The appellate court held that a public records request is not a demand for discovery and that Athon therefore owed no duty of reciprocal disclosure to the state as required by Crim.R. 16.
{¶ 2} Neither R.C. 149.43, the Ohio Public Records…
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