State v. Walker

Defendant seeks reversal of his conviction for criminal activity in drugs, assigning as error the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Two questions are presented: (1) Is an assistant school principal who searches a student a governmental agent subject to the limitations of the Fourth Amendment or, instead, a private citizen not subject to such limitations; (2) if applicable, what are the governing Fourth Amendment standards in the context of a search of a student at school? For the reasons that follow, our answer to the first question is that he is a governmental agent, and we find…