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STATE v. WANROW

No. 43949.

88 Wn.2d 221 (1977)

559 P.2d 548

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. YVONNE L. WANROW, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Brockett, Prosecuting Attorney, and Fred J. Caruso, Deputy, for appellant.

William M. Kunstler, Elizabeth M. Schneider, Nancy Stearns, Carol Schapira, and Smith, Kaplan, Withey, Schapira & Ford, for respondent.

Alix Foster and David Allen, on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union, National Lawyers Guild, and Seattle-King County Public Defender, amici curiae.

UTTER, J.

Yvonne Wanrow was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and first-degree assault. She appealed her conviction to the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case with instructions to omit a tape recording made by the Spokane Police Department of an emergency telephone call, on the basis that RCW 9.73.050 and RCW 9.73.090 which authorize the recording of such a call create an absolute bar to its admission into evidence. State...

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