C.A. v. State

C.A., a juvenile, appeals the denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained in an in-school search. Finding that the search was not the result of a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity by C.A., we reverse.

At the time of the in-school incident, C.A. was fourteen years old. His teacher was working one-on-one with another student in her classroom during the break between classes. Although C.A. was also taught by that teacher during a different part of the school day, C.A. was not supposed to be in her classroom during the break.

The teacher asked C.A. to leave the classroom, and she asked…