State v. B. A. H.

In this juvenile delinquency case, the state alleges that youth is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for committing acts that, if committed by an adult, would constitute possession of a controlled substance. The juvenile court granted the youth’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized from him during a warrantless search at his high school, and the state appeals. ORS 419A.200(1). We conclude that the juvenile court erred in suppressing the evidence because the search fell within the exception to the warrant requirement created by the Supreme Court in State ex rel Juv. Dept.…