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Brian McGacken of Farmingdale, New Jersey was sentenced to ten years in prison because police discovered he was growing marijuana while on a call to investigate loud sex. Daniel Tencer of AlterNet writes: Appealing the conviction, McGacken argued that, once police knew the noise was consensual sex, they no longer had reason to search his home.
But the appellate panel at the Superior Court of New Jersey disagreed. On Monday, they dismissed McGacken's appeal, stating that "the potential for harm was too severe for the police to accept an explanation for loud screaming that could have been a cover-up of its true source."
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/18/loud-sex-is-a-reason.html
But the appellate panel at the Superior Court of New Jersey disagreed. On Monday, they dismissed McGacken's appeal, stating that "the potential for harm was too severe for the police to accept an explanation for loud screaming that could have been a cover-up of its true source."
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/18/loud-sex-is-a-reason.html