The state should just give up the appeal, because the cops messed things up so badly in this particular case. I don't think the case sets a bad precedent for them at all (which is a little disquieting - I don't think sneak and peak warrants should be used for anything other than actual terrorism - they are just too invasive - but that is not what the judge ruled) - they just have to monitor their police force next time. The judge's ruling was that if they executed the warrant correctly, they wouldn't have lost their video evidence. All they had to do was: not watch or film any women customers under any circumstances as there was never any evidence (and the warrant was not granted on this basis) that women customers were engaging in prostitution; as soon as it was clear that a male customer was getting legal services at a spa, stop watching, either never turn on, or turn off the video and delete immediately any videos of that customer; perhaps figure out a way to identify johns (such as getting photos of their license plates) other than made-up-reasons traffic stops (although if the videos of the johns were into evidence, theoretically the traffic stops of them would be too).
Instead the cops: acted like peeping toms and watched and filmed women undressing and getting massages even though the warrant did not extend to women; watched and filmed men not engaging in criminal activity undressing and getting massages even though at some point they could see there was no need to do so; most incredibly, stupidly and unbelievably KEPT the videos of men and women who did not engage in illegal activity, and THEN were all set to release those videos to the public when media vultures demanded they do so. Seriously, what a bunch of MAROONS. Every citizen of America should be glad that the 4th Amendment worked in this case, and that white-privileged Bob Kraft had the funds to make it happen.