Nj v tlo

This is a power point about the court case New Jersey v T.L.O.

1. New Jersey v. T.l.O . By: Jason Weiner

2. The Incident Two girls were caught smoking in the bathroom of their high school and were asked to go to the office where they met with the vice principle. One of the girls admitted to the offense, but the other one, a girl named Terry, did not. The vice principle forced the girl to let him search her purse where he could see a box of cigarettes and rolling paper for marijuana in plain view therefore giving him probable cause. The vice president continued his search and ended up finding small amounts of marijuana as well as a pipe, empty plastic bags, large amounts of money in 1$ bills, and an index card indicating who she was selling the drugs to. She was convicted for dealing and using illicit drugs.

3. Lower Case Ruling Based on the incident, you would think this would be an easy case, and it was for the lower case. They ruled that the vice principle had probable cause and this was a legal search and seizure procedure.

4. Constitutional Rights However, the defendant appealed by saying that this search was a violation of the fourth amendment right to freedom from unreasonable search and seizure.

5. Arguments Against Lower Court The defendant argued that she was taken to the principle for smoking cigarettes and once the vice principle found the box of cigarettes, he was no longer allowed to continue his search because he had already found what he was looking for.

6. Final Decision In the end, the Supreme Court ruled against the defendant saying that the laws given in the fourth amendment give too much freedom to the student and not enough to the vice president.

7. Impact This case impacted many other cases that came after it. The Supreme Court gave freedom to schools to conduct drug searches by searching a student’s bag or car and even strip searching a student in order to keep schools safer and drug free.