State Ex Rel. Cincinnati Enquirer, Division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. v. Dinkelacker

Painter, Judge.

The petitioner, The Cincinnati Enquirer, filed this original action for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, Judge Patrick T. Dinkelacker. and Clerk of Courts James C. Cissell, two public officials in Hamilton County, Ohio, to give The Enquirer access to certain exhibits used at a pretrial hearing in the criminal case of State of Ohio v. Michael Wehrung. 1 The Enquirer seeks this writ after Judge Dinkelacker denied its request for the production of the materials.

The intervenor, Michael Wehrung, the defendant in the criminal case, argues that his fair trial rights would…