Stephens Media, LLC v. Eighth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, C.J.:

This petition for extraordinary writ relief challenges the district court’s denial of petitioners’ motion to intervene in a criminal trial for the limited purpose of accessing juror questionnaires. In reviewing this petition, we must address two issues of first impression. First, we must resolve whether petitioners’ motion to intervene in a criminal case to seek access to juror questionnaires is procedurally proper. Second, we are asked to determine whether juror questionnaires used in jury selection are subject to public disclosure. This second inquiry…