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Observation Without Consent

By Baker Associates

Although persons known as ?peeping toms? seem to be found much more frequently in movies or television shows than in the real world, Tennesseans are occasionally apprehended for engaging in such activity, known formally as observation without consent, and end up facing up to eleven months and twenty-nine days in jail. A person can be charged with observation without consent when they knowingly spy on or observe an individual without that individual?s consent when the victim is in a place where he or she would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and the viewing: (1) Would offend or embarrass an ordinary person if the person knew the person was being viewed; and (2) Was for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification of the defendant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).