LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Douglas County judge has agreed to release a redacted version of a previously sealed probable cause affidavit in an early test of a new state law.

District Judge Sally Pokorny ruled last month that the affidavit in a rape case should be withheld but changed course this week.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that her ruling on Thursday comes under a new state law, which became effective in July, that allows judges to release some legal documents that had previously been withheld.

In October, the newspaper cited the statute in filing a motion in October to challenge the ruling in withholding the affidavit.

The newspaper has requested 10 affidavits to be released since July, including the rape case affidavit. Seven have been redacted and released, and three more are awaiting court action.