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.