In the case Welsh-Huggins v. Jefferson Cty. Prosecutor’s Office., 2020-Ohio-5371, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeals erred in finding that a video recording of the shooting of a judge was exempt from disclosure.
In this case, the Court of Appeals found that the video was exempt from disclosure because it was a security record. The Ohio Supreme Court disagreed.
The Ohio Supreme Court reasoned that the shooting occurred on a public street, the video was not a security record, and there was no sufficient evidence to prove that the video was being withheld for the purpose of security and protection.
As such, the Court found that the video was footage was not exempt from release to the public.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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