State ex rel. Dispatch Printing Co. v. Morrow County Prosecutor's Office

{¶ 1} In January 2005, relator, the Dispatch Printing Company (“Dispatch”), requested that respondent Morrow County Prosecuting Attorney Charles S. Howland provide it with a copy of the 911 tape relating to the homicides of Diana Cooper and Cameron Bateman. Howland permitted the Dispatch to listen to the 911 tape and offered to transcribe it, but refused to provide the Dispatch with a copy of the tape or allow the Dispatch to record it.

{¶ 2} On January 28, 2005, the Dispatch filed this action under the Ohio Public Records Act, R.C. 149.43, to compel respondents, Howland, the Morrow County…