Winning a criminal court case does not mean that defendants are allowed to have their electronic court records hidden from public view, Iowa Supreme Court justices has ruled.
But justices left the door open to possible further action by them to address concerns raised in two Linn and Polk county court cases where lower-court judges had moved to shield the records from public view.
The opinion noted that the justices are mindful of concerns about on-line public access to criminal cases that were terminated in the defendant's favor.