PEOPLE v. BOWERS


72 Misc.2d 800 (1973)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Steven Bowers, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

January 8, 1973


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Gold, District Attorney (Mark Feinstein of counsel), for plaintiff. Robert Kasanof and Robert Newman for defendant.


EUGENE R. CANUDO, J.

May a uniformed service officer, charged with the duty of crime control in a public high school, act on suspicion alone in investigating possible possession of drugs by a student? To what degree, if any, is he restricted by the constitutional rights of individual students? These are the questions that must be answered in this motion to suppress evidence.

A Spanish-speaking student at Boys' High School in Brooklyn reported...

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