City and Borough of Juneau v. Quinto

OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is one involving an individual’s right to privacy under the Alaska Constitution. 1 The question to be determined is whether a tape recording of a suspect’s conversation with a police officer was properly admitted into evidence at the suspect’s trial, when the suspect knew, or reasonably should have known, that he was speaking to a police officer, but was not aware that the officer was recording their conversation. We hold that the tape recording was properly admitted.

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The recording in question was made by a Juneau police officer, Karl…