State ex rel. Carpenter v. Cleveland Chief of Police

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OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO The full texts of the opinions of the Supreme Court of Ohio are being transmitted electronically beginning May 27, 1992, pursuant to a pilot project implemented by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer. Please call any errors to the attention of the Reporter's Office of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Attention: Walter S. Kobalka, Reporter, or Deborah J. Whitten, Administrative Assistant. Tel.: (614) 466-4961; in Ohio 1-800-826-9010. Your comments on this pilot project are also welcome. NOTE: Corrections may be made by the Supreme Court to the full texts of the opinions after they have been released electronically to the public. The reader is therefore advised to check the bound volumes of Ohio St.3d published by West Publishing Company for the final versions of these opinions. The advance sheets to Ohio St.3d will also contain the volume and page numbers where the opinions will be found in the bound volumes of the Ohio Official Reports. The State ex rel. Carpenter, Appellant, v. Cleveland Chief of Police et al., Appellees. [Cite as State ex rel. Carpenter v. Cleveland Chief of Police (1993), Ohio St.3d .] Public records -- Trial preparation and confidential law enforcement investigatory records from murder conviction cases -- Exempt from disclosure, when -- R.C. 149.43, applied. (No. 92-2152 -- Submitted February 9, 1993 -- Decided March 31, 1993.) Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County, No. 62482. Danny Carpenter, pro se. This cause is affirmed on authority of State ex rel. Williams v. Cleveland (1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 544, 597 N.E.2d 147. Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick and Pfeifer, JJ., concur. F. E. Sweeney, J., not participating.

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