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Thomas Paul Deibler v. State of Maryland No. 125, Sept. Term, 2000

Willfulness, under Maryland Wiretap law, does not require knowledge that interception is unlawful.

Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County Case No. K-1999-1479 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 125 September Term, 2000 _____________________________________ _

THOMAS PAUL DEIBLER

v.

STATE OF MARYLAND

_____________________________________ _ Bell, C.J. Eldridge Raker Wilner Cathell Harrell Battaglia, JJ. _____________________________________ _ Opinion by Wilner, J. Harrell, J., dissents. Bell, C.J. and Battaglia, J. concur in part and dissent in part. _____________________________________ __ Filed: July 17, 2001

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We are all familiar with the legend of Lady Godiva who, in response to a commitment by her husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to repeal onerous taxes levied on the people of Coventry if she dared to ride naked through the town, supposedly did so. Part of that legend, added some 600 years after the event, was that one person in the town, a tailor named Tom, had the temerity to glance upon the noblewoman as she proceeded on her mission and was immediately struck either blind or dead. history as Peeping Tom. This case involves another peeping Tom

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