Peeper drops lawsuit to get porn from San Rafael cops

[Mugu]

By Gary Klien, marinij.com

It took eight months of litigation to pull it off, but the city of San Rafael is now the undisputed owner of Dennis Saunders' pornography collection.
Saunders, whose voluminous archive was confiscated by San Rafael police during a 2002 peeping investigation, decided Monday to abandon his lawsuit to get the material back.

The move followed a ruling by Judge James Ritchie that Saunders, who has a history of peeping-related arrests dating to 1979, was not the legal owner of the films and magazines because they were seized during a parole search. As a condition of his parole at the time, Saunders was not supposed to possess pornographic materials, said attorney Thomas Bertrand, who represented the city.

"He had no claim against us," Bertrand said. "Our argument was that he didn't have an ownership interest."

Saunders' attorney, Jon Rankin, said they decided to scuttle the lawsuit, which was scheduled for trial on June 6, because it was bringing his client "a great deal of unwanted attention."

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[RedCappedBandit]

1. What is the logic behind

prohibiting a person from owning pornographic material?

[Va Lefty]

2. ...from my cold, dead HANDS!

Where is Charlton Heston when you need him?
:evilgrin:

[Arctic Dave]

3. Wouldn't "from my warm lubricated hand" be more accurate?

:evilgrin:

[Va Lefty]

4. Yeah, I thought of "tired slippery hand" but couldn't resist the Heston reference