WILLIAMS, J.
This case presents the question of whether a trial court properly barred the press and public from a pretrial suppression hearing. We hold that it did.
The stipulated facts giving rise to this action against a state officer are as follows:
On November 1, 1978, the State of Washington charged Jo Elliott Tharp with the crime of murder in the second degree, alleging that on March 30, 1978, Tharp had murdered William Ray Bond.
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