The case against Christopher Cleveland in Virginia accused of taking “upskirt” photographs of women without their permission at the Lincoln Memorial was tossed out of court and dismissed by a female charge. She ruled that the women had no “reasonable expectation of privacy.”

The man had been spotted by U.S. police taking photos under women’s skirts. The man was arrested and charged with voyeurism as well as resisting arrest and attempting to tamper with physical evidence.

“This Court finds that no individual clothed and positioned in such a manner in a public area in broad daylight in the presence of countless other individuals could have a reasonable expectation of privacy,”