G.C. v. State

Appellant challenges her adjudication of delinquency for possession of a weapon (a taser) on school property. She contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress the results of a second search of her purse, where the first search did not reveal any weapon, and where the record shows no additional grounds for conducting another search. We agree and reverse.

At the suppression hearing, only a school security specialist testified. As school was being dismissed for the day, eight students reported to the school security specialist that they had observed several students…