In Re the People of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff v. Sir Mario Owens, Defendant

Summary

The court rejected a news organization's claim that the First Amendment and the Colorado Constitution create a presumptive right of public access to sealed records filed in a criminal case. It distinguished constitutional access to judicial proceedings from access to court records and declined to recognize an unfettered constitutional right to criminal justice records. The court therefore affirmed the denial of the motion to unseal and discharged the rule.