Legal Opinion

M.D. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 28, 2011No. 1D10-3055PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWolf, J.

A student possessed a gun on school grounds. In light of the serious nature of the threat and the location in which it took place, the actions of school authorities *565were reasonable. We, thus, uphold the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress and affirm appellant’s conviction.

Five precepts guide our ruling in this case:(1) allegations of possession of a gun on a school campus should be treated differently than similar allegations in other settings;(2) students in school do not possess the same breadth of constitutional rights as parties in other settings;(3) school resource officers…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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  3. Florida v. J. L.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Vernonia School District 47J v. ActonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Florida v. JLSupreme Court of the United States · 2000

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3Cited by8 opinions

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