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STATE v. THORNTON

No. 3764.

583 P.2d 886 (1978)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Michael THORNTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Call, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

Mark E. Ashburn, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, Justices.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This matter is before us on the State of Alaska's petition for review.1 The issue presented is nearly identical to the one decided by this court in State v. Glass, 583 P.2d 872 (Alaska 1978).

In the case at bar the superior court entered an order suppressing evidence consisting of tape recordings of conversations between respondent Michael Thornton...

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