Media General Operations, Inc. D/B/A Wsav-Tv v. Al St. Lawrence, Sheriff Of Chatham County, Georgia et al..

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What the court decided

The legal issue was whether video footage and investigation reports were exempt from disclosure under the "pending prosecution" exemption when held by an agency involved in a criminal matter. The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment, ruling that the records are public because the term "agency" does not include employees, and placing records in an exempt file does not make them exempt.