State v. Dwyer

OPINION

DONOFRIO, Judge.

The State appeals the granting of appel-lee Edward Dwyer’s motion to suppress conversations between him and Mrs. Sandy Austin overheard by telephone operators in Bisbee, Arizona and all evidence derived therefrom. We affirm the trial court’s granting of the motion to suppress.

On the evening of May 6, 1976 appellee called the operator in Bisbee, Arizona to place an emergency phone call. The operator he reached was Ms. Mary Ida Silva. Appellee gave Ms. Silva the number he wanted to reach, told her it was an emergency call and asked her to please interrupt. Ms. Silva…