A.B. v. STATE

No. 83-315.

440 So.2d 500 (1983)

A.B., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, Bartow, and Douglas S. Connor, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Theda James Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


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...

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