Legal Opinion
State v. Polk (Slip Opinion)
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 2017No. 2016-0271PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal, we decide whether the Tenth District Court of Appeals erred in affirming the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granting a defense motion to suppress evidence seized during the warrantless search of an unattended book bag. The search was conducted by a school employee responsible for students’ safety and security and the school’s principal to determine who owned the bag and to ensure that its contents were not dangerous.
{¶ 2} Based on the facts of this case, we hold that the school’s protocol requiring searches of…
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- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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