Pigman v. Evansville Press

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Robert Pigman brings this appeal from the trial court’s order directing him to disclose certain grand jury subpoenas to appellee-plaintiff The Evansville Press.

We reverse.

This case was brought by the Evansville Press newspaper, after its reporter sought to inspect copies of grand jury subpoenas in a certain case in which the grand jury had returned a no bill. Robert Pigman, the prosecutor of Vanderburgh County, refused the Press’s request, citing the requirement that the grand jury proceedings be kept secret. IND.CODE 35-34-2-4(i). The facts are not…