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A taped recorded statement was requested to be admitted into probate as a will. Reed made a tape-recorded statement. The position was that the recorded statement was a writing conforming to the holographic will statute. The argument was that the recording was a writing done by voice print vs. one done by handprint. The trial court refused and this appeal resulted.

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