Court says spouse entitled to privacy
by The Associated Press

ST. PAUL -- A state appeals court says a spouse has a "reasonable expectation" of privacy in her bathroom at home.

The decision affirms the conviction of Richard Allen Perez in Mille Lacs County District Court. The 39-year-old Perez admitted to secretly videotaping his wife at their Princeton home in 2006 while the couple was in the process of a divorce.

Perez was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to a year in jail. He hasn't served any time while his appeal was pending. His attorney, Craig Cascarano of Minneapolis, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press they would petition the state Supreme Court for a review of the case.