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TX4: Warning students at orientation of spot school searches reduced expectation of privacy

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Stipulation about evidence relieved the state from having to prove anything about its source, and defendant thus waived any constitutional challenge to its seizure. State v. Huy, 2008 R.I. LEXIS 124 (December 8, 2008). School searches are administrative searches. The student and parents were warned at orientation of searches occurring on entry to the school, and that reduced the students' expectation of privacy. In re P.P., 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 892 (Tex. App. — San Antonio February 11, 2009): As was the case in In re O.E., the record in this case established that prior to entering the alternative school, all students and parents are required to complete an orientation session which includes an overview of the school rules and policies, and the students are required to sign a contract which includes an agreement to be searched each day before entering the school...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on February 12, 2009 (boomark / email).