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Oklahoma Supreme Court rules Mixon video public because judge viewed it in court

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled state broadcasters are entitled under the Open Records Act to a surveillance video of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon punching another student.

Justices ruled in favor of the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters on a technical point, rather than the association's original legal arguments. The Supreme Court found the video is an open record because a judge watched it during a court hearing last year.

The judge had ruled in February that the video was not part of the official court record. In a one-page order Monday, the Supreme Court specifically overturned that ruling and allowed the broadcasters association to proceed in its request for access "in accordance with the Open Records Act.