A.B. v. State

LEHAN, Judge.

This case involves application of the reasonable suspicion standard to a search by a school official of a student at a public school. Appellant, a juvenile, appeals an order denying her motion to suppress marijuana found when a school official searched appellant’s purse. We reverse.

A teacher at appellant’s high school overheard part of a conversation in the school hallway. The statement heard was “[Appellant] has got something.” The teacher related what he had overheard to another teacher, who apparently worked with appellant’s grade level. The second teacher took appellant to…