People v. Tyrell J.

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

—In this case, we confront a question on which the lower courts are divided: When a police officer conducts an otherwise illegal *74search of a minor, may the fruits of the search be properly admitted into evidence against the minor if the minor was subject to a probation search condition of which the officer was unaware? As we explain, we conclude that because the minor was subject to a valid condition of probation that required him to submit to warrantless searches by “any” law enforcement officer, he had no reasonable expectation of privacy over a cache of marijuana in his…