Court Opinion

ID: 9620596
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:44:36.545105+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:51.749811
License: Public Domain

Ingram, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the opinion and judgment of the court in this case. However, I would make it clear that, since the files here involved have been determined to be public files, there is a strong presumption that they should be made available for public inspection immediately. Admittedly, there may be some valid reason why the public interest would not be served by immediate disclosure of the files. However, the record before this court fails, in my opinion, to justify nondisclosure at the present time. Therefore, unless the sheriff on remand can show some persuasive reason why the files should not now be made available for *767public inspection, I believe we have a duty under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Code Ann. § 40-2701 to require the files to be made available for public inspection without further delay.