Perverts south of the border - DodgeBoard.com

Highwayman · #1 (**permalink**) 03-12-2008, 11:01 PM

Not that border.

Quote:

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A man accused of using a camera to take pictures under the skirt of an unsuspecting 16-year-old girl at a Tulsa store did not commit a crime, a state appeals court has ruled.

The state Court of Criminal Appeals voted 4-1 in favor of Riccardo Gino Ferrante, who was arrested in 2006 for situating a camera underneath the girl's skirt at a Target store and taking photographs.

Ferrante, now 34, was charged under a "Peeping Tom" statute that requires the victim to be "in a place where there is a right to a reasonable expectation of privacy." Testimony indicated he followed the girl, knelt down behind her and placed the camera under her skirt.

In January 2007, Tulsa County District Judge Tom Gillert ordered Ferrante's felony charge dismissed. That was based upon a determination that "the person photographed was not in a place where she had a reasonable expectation of privacy," according to the appellate ruling issued last week....

KPTM FOX 42: Omaha News, Sports and Weather; Nebraska News, Sports; kptm.com | OK Court Drops Case of 'Peeping Tom' in Target; Says Victim Was Not in Private Place

Could we have a few less lawyers and a little more common sense?

Shouldn’t there be a “reasonable expectation” that this is not normal acceptable behavior?

K C Muffin · #2 (**permalink**) 03-13-2008, 12:53 AM

I dunno - I think I have a reasonable expectation of privacy beneath my clothing anywhere I am unless I'm taking the clothing off myself in a public place. Sheesh. Where did they get that judge?