Case Name: Stacey Eugene JOHNSON v. STATE of Arkansas
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1998-12-03
Citations: 335 Ark. 333
Docket Number: CR 98-743
Parties: Stacey Eugene JOHNSON v. STATE of Arkansas
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 335
Pages: 333–333

Head Matter:
Stacey Eugene JOHNSON v. STATE of Arkansas
CR 98-743
982 S.W.2d 669
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered December 3, 1998
David Lewis Clark, for appellant.
No response.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Appellant Stacey Eugene Johnson has filed a motion for access to sealed records. We granted Appellant's motion for writ of certiorari to settle the record on September 10, 1998. The writ was returned on October 12, 1998, and the supplemental record was filed at that time. Included in the supplemental record are sealed psychotherapy records of a child witness that were received in camera during Appellant's trial. The trial court denied Appellant access to those records below.
Appellant now requests access to those records to review them for their possible bearing on the issues he raises on appeal. We grant the motion and order that both Appellant and the State be provided access to the sealed records, and that immediately thereafter, the records shall be resealed. To protect the patient's privacy, we direct that both Appellant's and the State's abstracts and briefs be submitted to this court under seal, with only the State being permitted to access Appellant's briefs and only the Appellant being permitted to access the State's brief. Additionally, we direct the Clerk to set a new briefing schedule.