State v. Kipp

¶63 (dissenting) — Washington State’s privacy act, chapter 9.73 RCW, “is considered one of the most restrictive in the nation.” State v. Townsend, 147 Wn.2d 666, 672, 57 P.3d 255 (2002). Here, the trial court concluded and the majority holds that Kipp’s conversation with Joseph T. was not “private” within the act’s meaning. But our Supreme Court has held that the term “private” within the act means “ ‘belonging to one’s self... secret... intended only for the persons involved ([in] a conversation) ... holding a confidential relationship to something... a secret message: a private…