IN RE OF F.B.


555 Pa. 661 (1999)

726 A.2d 361

In the Interest of F.B. Appeal of F.B.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Packel, Jeffrey P. Shender, for F.B.

Catherine Marshall, Thomas W. Dolgenos, Philadelphia, for the Com.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

The question before the court is whether a knife seized from appellant, a high school student, during a search for weapons conducted as a pre-condition to entry for all students at University High School in Philadelphia, should be suppressed. Appellant challenges the constitutionality of the search as it took place in the absence of individualized reasonable suspicion. As we find that the search of the student...

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