Man faces felony for reading email confirming adultery
Man faces felony for reading email confirming adultery
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If you’re looking to get into your spouse’s email to confirm suspicions of an affair, you might want to think twice about doing it, especially in Michigan. A recently divorced Michigan man from Rochester Hills, Leon Walker, faces felony computer misuse charges after it was revealed he logged into his wife’s Gmail account to confirm she was having an affair. Sydney Turner, an Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor, says he believes the charges are justified.
Though the charges may be justified, Oakland County has a hard case to make at Walker’s trial which is scheduled for February 7th. The Michigan law that is being applied to Walker is typically only applied to cases of identity theft and stealing trade secrets. There is also a question as to whether a wife can expect privacy on a computer she shares with her husband
As you can imagine, Walker believes the charges against him are a “miscarriage of justice” as he is quoted by The Oakland Press of Pontiac. There is indeed an argument that the charges against Walker are being applied unfairly. A January 2007 article based on a ruling by Michigan’s second-highest court determined that adultery could be a felony punishable by life in prison. If the Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor believes that Walker’s charges are indeed justified based on the circumstances he might want to look at charges against his ex-wife, Clara Walker, for adultery as well.
Regardless of the ultimate outcome, the charges against Leon Walker will no doubt have a chilling effect on the way spouses in Oakland County, Michigan find proof of adultery.
