Florida
Case, D.T.W. v. State,
425 So.2d 1383 (Fla. 1983)
�Facts:
Teacher�s aid patrolling parking lot spotted drug paraphernalia in student�s car. Aide searched vehicle and found drugs in cigarette box
�Questions: Can
Aid Patrol grounds? Search Valid? Plain
view? Reasonable Suspicion to open cigarette
box?
�Court Ruling:
Teachers have power to make immediate,
limited search for contraband, weapons,
and other prohibited items upon reasonable
suspicion based on objective facts.
lRationale: No
prohibition on patrolling school grounds.
lDrug smoking instrument found in plain view (inside vehicle)
lReasonable suspicion to open cigarette package to search for drugs.