CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Juvenile Search and Seizure
.........Reasonable Cause for Detention
............Minor's Actns Combined w/ Circumstances
7 Cards On This Topic:

Minor found with knives at school not entitled to individualized suspicion before she could be searched with others suspected of smoking; search neither unreasonable nor unreasonably conducted.

Broad authority of school officials allows them to stop student for questioning or investigation w/out reasonable suspicion, so long as authority not exercised in arbitrary, capricious, or harassing manner.

Juvenile ct. properly found M was resisting a police officer in the course of her duties where M was not under investigation or arrest, but was detained by officer for her safety.

Where police officer received a report from school principal that minor had a gun on campus, detention of M was not arbitrary or capricious and therefore did not constitute unreasonable search and seizure.

O had probable cause to search and remove keys to stolen car from M's pocket after patsearch under "plain-touch" exception: incriminating nature of object immediately apparent.

Officer’s observing minor in general location of possible gang fight identified only by radio broadcast ••not•• sufficient to justify detention.

Minor’s attempt to return hands to pockets after being told to take them out was reasonable ground for patdown that constituted detention.