Commonwealth v. Lawrence L.

The juvenile was charged with unlawful posses*818sion of marijuana. It was discovered during a search by the vice-principal, who had called the juvenile from class in order to speak with him about an unrelated matter. The juvenile claims that when the vice-principal performed the search, he (1) was acting as an agent of the police pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the Lynn public schools, the Lynn police department, and the Essex County district attorney’s office; and (2) lacked probable cause to perform the search. Thus the juvenile claims that the marijuana found during the…