Attorneys defending a murder suspect in Athens, Ga. are seeking all 911 tapes and computer-assisted dispatch records involving their client and the murder victim. They argue the information is essential to the defense. The debate not only asks if 911 tapes are covered by the state's Open Records Act, but questions whether individuals reporting a crime are entitled to any expectation of privacy and whether the protection of pending investigations can justify shielding such reports from public scrutiny.
July 28, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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ATHENS, GEORGIA — A local judge is set to decide an issue never addressed by Georgia’sappellate courts and apparently rarely ruled on by the state’s trial courts:Whether 911 tapes are public records.
Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge Steven C. Jones heard argumentson the subject recently in a civil action filed by lawyers defending amurder suspect.
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