Legal Opinion

State v. D.T.W.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 3, 1983No. AD-3PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARRY G. SMITH, Judge.

In this opinion we apply the reasonable suspicion standard for searches conducted on a public primary or secondary school campus. In so doing we reverse the lower court’s order granting a motion to suppress marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

D.T.W., the appellee, a student at a Jacksonville area high school, parked his ear in the school parking lot. During a school lunch hour, a high school teacher’s aide to the Dean started patrolling the parking lot. An employee of the school board, he had been hired to patrol the hallways and parking lots to make sure the school code…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Cardwell v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. RamseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. New Jersey v. T. L. O.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Kuehn v. Renton School District No. 403Washington Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Commonwealth v. CassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Covington County v. GWMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  5. In the Interest of A.J.M. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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