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GA: School resource arriving during administrator's search for a weapon was not a police search

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A school administrator’s search that produced a gun was not a police search just because the school resource officer showed up while the search was going on. Ortiz v. State, 2010 Ga. App. LEXIS 1010 (October 27, 2010).* Defendant’s claim that his counsel was ineffective for not challenging the seizure of body armor used in a robbery he was convicted of fails because he can’t show that the search would be suppressed. Nyane v. State, 2010 Ga. App. LEXIS 1008 (October 27, 2010).* Defendant was speeding, and the officer had the subjective intent to stop the defendant. There were furtive movements before he got out of the car, and the officer smelled marijuana. His handcuffing was reasonable. State v. Mitchell, 2010 La. App. LEXIS 1435 (5th Cir...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on October 31, 2010 (boomark / email).