State v. Clark

HAYDEN, Judge.

Des Moines Police Officer Debra Richardson, on the night of August 8,1985, was working in a decoy operation conducted by the city’s vice unit. The operation was directed at males who solicit prostitutes in the vicinity of Sixth Avenue in Des Moines. Officer Richardson was equipped with a hidden electronic eavesdropping device and was shadowed by officers in a patrol car who monitored and taped her conversations.

Officer Richardson was approached by defendant about twenty minutes after midnight. At trial she summarized their encounter as follows:

I turned around and saw him yelling…