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STATE v. BEST

No. A-0891-07T4

959 A.2d 243 (2008)

403 N.J. Super. 428

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Thomas E. BEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 10, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Funk, argued the cause for appellant (Jacobs & Barbone, P.A., attorneys, Atlantic City; Mr. Funk, on the brief).

Peter J. Gallagher, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Theodore F.L. Housel, Atlantic County Prosecutor, attorney; Mr. Gallagher, on the brief).

Before Judges FISHER, C.L. MINIMAN and BAXTER.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAXTER, J.A.D.

This appeal presents the question of whether a school principal who suspects that evidence of criminal activity will be found in a student's car parked on school grounds is required to have probable cause before searching that vehicle or whether, instead, the reasonable suspicion standard approved by our Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court in State in re T.L.O., 94...

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