In re Access to Law Enforcement Records Relating to the Arrest of Quinn

OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

This matter arises out of a police investigation into an alleged rape involving a professional hockey player. After a two-week investigation, the county attorney determined there was no basis for criminal prosecution. The hockey player then asked the trial court to expunge and seal the police department’s investigative file, and the court granted the motion. On petition for writ of prohibition, the victim of the alleged rape and representatives of local print media argue: (1) the trial court had no power to order expungement of the file; and (2) the trial court’s…