APPEAL NO.: 01-003
RESPONDENT: Chief Justice John T. Boyd
DATE: June 22, 2001
SPECIAL COMMITTEE: Judge B. B. Schraub, Chairman; Judge Darrell Hester; Judge John Ovard; Judge Jeff Walker; Judge Olen Underwood
The applicant is the pro se appellant in a case pending in the Seventh Court of Appeals. He seeks from the court of appeals a copy of his trial record to use for his appeal. We are unable to determine from the petition and supporting documents that access to any records actually has been denied, but we can determine that this is not a Rule 12 matter.
"Judicial record means a record made or maintained by or for a court or judicial agency in its regular course of business but not pertaining to its adjudicative function, regardless of whether that function relates to a specific case. A record of any nature created, produced, or filed in connection with any matter that is or has been before a court is not a judicial record."
The records sought in this matter clearly pertain to the adjudicative function of the court of appeals, and relate to the applicant's specific case. As such, they are not judicial records for purposes of Rule 12.