The New Jersey vs T.L.O. case is a controversial case that many people have different opinions about. This case led to many different opinions and thoughts about students privacy and rights at school. A New Jersey school district brought the case to the Supreme Court after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the search planted on T.L.O. was against the Fourth Amendment. Well, actually the search was not against the Fourth Amendment. New Jersey’s search planted on T.L.O. was not against the Fourth Amendment. During a school day in 1985, a student (T.L.O.) was caught selling drugs and smoking at a New Jersey High School. The officials at her school checked her purse to see if there were any drugs, and indeed she had them. She admitted …show more content…
was in fact a legal search. The school had enough evidence and reasoning to know she was doing harm that the search was reasonable. “Specifically, the Juvenile Court held that a school official may search a student if the official has reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is in the process of being committed, or has reasonable cause to believe the search is necessary to maintain school discipline or enforce policies.”(“Facts and Case Summary - New Jersey v. T.L.O.”) From the text above, you can see that there was enough evidence and reasonable suspicion to search the bag. The students privacy is balanced with the school’s environment and T.L.O.’s harmful acts were hurting the environment of the school, which made the search indeed legal. “He emphasized that the need for school authorities to immediately respond to threats to safety and to protect the education environment would justify a special exception from the Fourth Amendment’s.”(“Facts and Case Summary - New Jersey v. T.L.O.”) Some people might be arguing that you need some kind of warrant to search the bags, but public school officials are supposed to keep the school a safe place, which means if they did not search the bag the school could be harmed. She also broke many school rules and laws by bringing drugs to school. Smoking under the age of nineteen, possession of drugs in school, smoking in school, illegally selling drugs, and buying drugs under the
Case Name, Citation, Year Safford Unified School Dist. #1 v. Redding 557 U.S. 364 (2009) Facts of the Case Redding was an eighth grade student, who was suspected of having over the counter drugs on school grounds. Over the counter drugs on school grounds is a violation of school policy.
Name: Terry v. Ohio 392 US1 Supreme Court 1968 Facts: The incident occurred on October 31st 1963 at approximately 2:30pm in the afternoon. The police officer who was dressed in plain clothes was attracted by Terry and Chilton who were casing a store. With 30 years of prior experience in the area. The officer knew casing when he saw it. He had been assigned to that area specifically in search for shoplifters and pick pockets.
Discussion The court will most likely find that Nick Spears is guilty of driving while intoxicated under Texas penal code. In Texas, a defendant can be convicted of driving while intoxicated if the defendant is (1) intoxicated while (2) operating (3) a motor vehicle and in a (4) public place Tex. Code Ann. §49.04 (Vernon 2011). Although there are some exceptions in the definition of each element of this rule, Spears does not fall under any of those exceptions.
People of the State of New York v. Jennifer Jorgensen was criminal court case that went to the Court of Appeals in New York. Judge Pigott gives his/her opinion. Jennifer Jorgensen was 34 weeks on the date of the crime. Defendant was under the influenced of both drugs and alcohol. Jorgensen was driving under the influence on Whiskey Road in Suffolk County.
The case was implied a Magistrate Judge, whose brief discoveries and recommendation completed up, and "the Pledge does not slight the Establishment Clause. " The District Court grasped that proposition and released the protestation on July 21, 2000. The Court of Appeals turned around and issued three separate choices talking about the benefits and Newdow 's standing. As it would see it, the offers court consistently held that Newdow has remaining as a watchman to challenge a practice that meddles with his qualification to facilitate the religious direction of his daughter. That holding managed Newdow 's remaining to challenge not only the game plan of the school locale, where his young lady still is enrolled, moreover the 1954 Act of
Anthony Williams age 15 years old is alleged to have gained entry into Elm Elementary School without consent and was found with Elm Elementary School laptops in his backpack. Anthony has multiple risk factors which include poverty, school problems. family problems, drug and alcohol abuse(Siegel, 2014, p.3). Anthony is showing signs of recidivism. Having just completed probation Anthony Williams is clean from drugs and alcohol which has been a big risk factor for him(Stearns 8/24).
The reporting party (RP) stated a teacher named Betty McKnight is physically aggressive towards the children. She has been observed grabbing children, shoving them, and "slamming" them down to the ground or onto a napping mat. This same teacher was observed grabbing a child who emptied a box of tissues and forcible take him to the box of tissue in an attempt to humiliate the child. According to the RP Ms. McKnight was observed aggressively grabbing a child by the arm in an attempt to have the child pick up toys. None of the children sustained any injury from these incidents.
This is a criminal case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that there was no probable cause to arrest Hayes. Hayes did not give consent to be taken to the police station and be detained plus fingerprint. Therefore, Hayed Fourth Amendment rights were violated and the conviction was overturned. Fact of the case: In the 1980’s there was a series of rape and burglary that happened in Punta Gorda Florida.
Before 1948 Julius A. Wolf had been arrested and tried for reasons not stated in the Supreme Court case, but the evidence that was used against Wolf was taken unlawfully, the police had no warrant for his arrest as well as no warrant to search his office. Wolf was able to get an appeal to be tried one more time. In 1948 the trial Wolf v Colorado Supreme Court had begun. It was a very controversial topic because the case was based on the violation of the Fourth Amendment right of protection from search and seizures.
Saltillo High School no longer assigns lockers to students, but it should. Students will often have multiple books and binders to carry home every day in their bags resulting in a sore back and shoulders from the strain of the heavy backpack. The lockers are already in place, so allowing the students to use them would not cost the school any money. There really is no reason why the students should not be able to have access to them.
The publication by Christina M. Gaudio is critical of the War on Drugs and focuses on its effects on juveniles. She takes time to outline the issues that are present with our current system, and specifically how the system is particularly unjust to juveniles. Gaudio details how the juvenile justice system operates state and federally, then she gives a brief history of the Drug War, the Drug Wars effect on Juveniles, its overall effectiveness, and possible solutions to what she sees as the problem. The Drug War is extremely costly to the taxpayer and is in many respects failing.
Mary Ellen Kimble v. The Worth County R-III Board of Education In this scenario, I feel that the school’s success was highly dependent on their ability to provide “competent and substantial evidence” of Ms. Kimble’s “immoral conduct”(Mary Ellen Kimble v. The Worth County R-III Board of Education, p. 2).On three separate instances, Kimbell was found guilty of “untruthfulness and taking property not her own without consent or permission”(Mary Ellen Kimble v. The Worth County R-III Board of Education, p.7).
1. First and foremost, in regards to the case of Brady v. Maryland (1963), prosecuting attorneys withheld information from the courts in the conviction of Brady and Boblit for first degree murder. Boblit had written a confession before the trial stating he had committed the murder on his own, but due to the prosecution withholding exculpatory evidence, Brady was also convicted of the same murder. Brady petitioned the courts and the Supreme Court Ruled in favor of Brady, stating his rights of “due process” had been violated by the state of Maryland. It is from this case that a defendant may request Brady disclosure.
if it was held at school of course they would be expelled. After listening to the case i believe that the court made a good
Schools, especially high schools, implement various rules banning the usage and appearance of illicit substances or materials such as guns and drugs, in their schools. To avoid suspicion, many students resort to placing such items in their lockers where they believe is private and secure. This leads to the difficulty of identifying individuals who engage in such actions without previous records of the student’s actions or claims that such activity is occurring in the school. Locker searches enable the prevention of such predicaments and assist the school in identifying problematic students. This ensures the students, their guardians, and educators that the school has detected potential