Legal Opinion
Howard v. Sumter Free Press, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 30, 2000No. S00A0259PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
Sumter Free Press, Inc., brought a petition for mandamus against Sumter County Sheriff, Randy Howard, to compel his compliance with the Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq. The newspaper alleged that since February 25,1999, Sheriff Howard refused it access to all public records created and maintained by Howard for the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and the Sumter County Law Enforcement Center. It further maintained that on or about April 17, 1999, it requested examination of records pertaining to the sheriff’s “inmate telephone account,” and was informed that retrieval…
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