Cowles v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Cowles was videotaped in a place where, according to Judge Beistline's findings, her activities "could have been readily observed in great detail by any member of the public who happened to visit the office or ticket window." In addition, her activities were open to view by fellow employees. Judge Beistline observed that there was "an almost continuous flow of traffic about her desk." We therefore believe that the open and public nature of the place where Cowles worked argues against finding that she had a reasonable expectation of privacy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cowles v. State

2. “Ms. Cowles harbored a subjective belief that her actions in the box office ... would be private and thus not subject to electronic monitoring,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cowles v. State

3. “could have been readily observed in great detail by any member of the public who happened to visit the office or ticket window.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cowles v. State