A New York man’s conviction for voyeurism was upheld by \u00a0an appeals court.<\/p>\n
In a unanimous ruling issued Thursday, the state court found that the evidence against David Schreier\u00a0showed that Schreier “surreptitiously” recorded the victim for his own amusement or entertainment at a time and place where she had reasonable expectation of privacy.<\/p>\n
Just before 7:30 a.m. on Christmas Eve 2008, \u00a0 Schreier stood outside the front door his neighbor’s\u00a0townhouse and used his compact video camera to film complainant while she was naked\u00a0in her second floor bathroom. Complainant had just emerged from\u00a0the shower and had opened the bathroom door to allow the steam to\u00a0dissipate and to be able to hear her sleeping child if he awoke, according to appeals court documents.<\/p>\n
Defendant recorded her for several minutes, court records indicate.\u00a0He used the camera’s zoom feature and adjusted\u00a0the focus in order to obtain closer views. When complainant\u00a0happened to look at the front door, she noticed a red light and\u00a0saw a black-gloved hand holding a camera. She then quickly shut\u00a0the upstairs bathroom door and called the police, according to court documents.<\/p>\n