
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 13, 1990                   TAG: 9003133557
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RALEIGH, N.C.                                 LENGTH: Short

STATE PLANS APPEAL

An appeal is planned of a judge's ruling that would make public the facts behind investigations of North Carolina State's basketball program.

Andrew Vanore, chief deputy attorney general, said the case raised important issues relating to the public records law, making it worth review by the state Court of Appeals and possibly the state Supreme Court.

Vanore asked that Judge Henry Barnette not order the release of reports while the appeal was pending.

The Superior Court judge had ruled Monday that the public is entitled to the reports, which were compiled by State Bureau of Investigation agents for a probe of North Carolina State's basketball program.

The judge did not make a final decision but said he likely would allow the records to be withheld until the appellate courts rule, The News and Observer of Raleigh reported today.

In addition to the SBI agents' reports, Barnette said the Poole Commission should disclose preliminary reports prepared by commission members and part or all of the minutes of 13 commission meetings, which were held in private.

by CNB