The court properly denied appellant's motion to suppress a knife that the police recovered from his person while detaining him as a suspected truant. Appellant was standing on the street with a group of youths on a school day in early May during school hours. He admitted to being 15 years old, could not produce identification, and stated that he was "hanging out with his cousin." These circumstances provided a lawful basis to detain appellant as a truant (see Matter of...
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