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Ohio

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MASTER

This will vary by jurisdiction.

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Arizona

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Massachusetts

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Oklahoma

In Nichols v. Jackson, 2002 OK 65, 55 P.3d 1044, the defendant in the state prosecution arising from the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 asked the court to seal all records regarding the fees and expenses paid to his court-appointed counsel. The court allowed selective sealing of those pretrial records that would tend to reveal defense strategy (such as specific travel destinations, fees paid to prospective expert witnesses, etc.) but required all other records of expenditures to be open to the public.

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D.C. Cir.

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California

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Maryland

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Oregon

The Oregon Supreme Court has held that the First Amendment does not provide for public access to jury pool records, though the question was not analyzed under the Oregon Constitution. See Jury Service Resource Center v. De Muniz, 340 Or. 423, 435, 134 P.2d 948 (2006) (analyzing the protection provided by the First Amendment).

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1st Cir.

Neither the First Amendment nor common law granted a right of access to financial documents submitted by a criminal defendant to show financial eligibility for Criminal Justice Act government funding of his attorney’s fees. Boston Herald, Inc. v. Connolly, 321 F.3d 174, 176 (1st Cir. 2003)