In re Preston

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant, the Attorney General for the State of Missouri (“Attorney General”), appeals from an order of the Washington County Circuit Court permitting respondent, Elroy Preston (“defendant”), to inspect and copy any and all records pertaining to defendant compiled and maintained by the Department of Corrections and Human Resources (“DOC”). We quash the order.

Defendant is currently incarcerated in Po-tosí Correction Center under a sentence of death. On February 16, 1994, defendant filed an ex parte motion in Washington County Circuit Court. Said motion sought an order…