Legal Opinion
People v. Pruitt
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 26, 1996No. 1 — 94 — 2387, 1 — 94 — 2388, 1 — 94 — 2538 consPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
These three cases arise from searches of high school students in public schools by Chicago police officers. In each case the student was charged with possession of a firearm on school property in violation of section 24 — l(a)(12) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/24— l(a)(12) (West 1992)).
The charges were based on three separate incidents at three different schools. Two of the cases involved searches of students based on an individualized suspicion that each had some type of contraband on his person. In the third case the weapon was discovered in the course of a random, mass search of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- New Jersey v. T. L. O.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- People v. Latasha W.California Court of Appeal · 1998
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