State v. Townsend

57 P.3d 255 (2002)

147 Wash.2d 666

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Donald T. TOWNSEND, Petitioner.

No. 71070-8.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued January 29, 2002.

Decided November 7, 2002.

Paul Wasson, Spokane, for Petitioner.

Steven Tucker, Spokane County Prosecutor, Kevin Korsmo, Deputy, Spokane, for Respondent.

ALEXANDER, C.J.

The principal issue we are called upon to resolve is whether a Spokane police officer violated a provision in Washington's privacy act when he saved and printed e-mail and real time client-to-client ICQ messages between Donald Townsend and a fictitious child. We…