Legal Opinion

Thomas v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 12, 2017No. 15-CM-1380Published

1Opinion of the Court

Washington, Senior Judge:

David Thomas (“appellant”) was found guilty of attempted voyeurism for photo*152graphing his sexual partner while she slept nude next to him and without her consent. Appellant sent the photograph to an unknown number of third parties and the photograph1 made its way online. The victim notified law enforcement, and a recorded phone conversation was arranged between the victim and appellant, with only the -victim’s consent and-knowledge that the conversation was being recorded. On appeal, appellant argues that the audio recording was unlawful under Maryland law where he was…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. John PforzheimerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
  2. Mustafa v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1991
  3. United States v. Albert Martin Shaffer, Jr., A/K/A "Monk", and Basil Vespe. Appeal of Basil VespeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  4. Holloway v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
  5. Lyons v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003

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