EVERETT, Wash. — A former Washington police sergeant failed to convince a court to overturn a conviction for sex crimes involving his kids' teenage babysitter.
The Everett Herald reports the state Court of Appeals says Carlos Alberto Martinez' argument was unpersuasive.
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Martinez was found guilty in 2015 of voyeurism and possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct for secretly videotaping a 15-year-old babysitter while she took showers in 2004 in the bathroom of his Monroe home.
Martinez, who spent nearly two decades as a police officer in Monroe, was sentenced to 14 months in prison - time he has yet to serve while pursuing his appeals.
Martinez argued his rights were violated when detectives examined a mirror image of his computer hard drive without a warrant.
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