§7.18 School Searches

• Library: Juvenile Law Deskbook (2021 Supp.)

I. (§7.18) School Searches

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In State v. Williams, 521 S.W.3d 689 (Mo. App. E.D. 2017), the court found that a hand search by security at a public high school after the student was 30 minutes late to school but passed through the metal detectors with no alerts was unreasonable and the exclusionary rule applied. Id. at 695–99. The court also found that a “suspicionless” search policy under which students arriving late must be hand...