Criminal,
Appellate Practice
Mar. 18, 2021
Man eavesdrops on himself with prostitutes; conviction upheld
An appellate court upheld the conviction of a man found guilty of violating anti-wiretapping laws by filming himself with prostitutes without their consent.
California law provides robust privacy protections for individuals. Unlike many other states, the California Constitution explicitly guarantees privacy as an "inalienable right." Cal. Const., art. 1, Section 1. Violations of this right to privacy can give rise to criminal charges under several different provisions of the Penal Code. Beginning in 1967, the Legislature criminalized what is commonly referred to as eavesdropping, or wiretapping: the surreptitious recordin...
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