In re K.P.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 4728

Syllabus

JUVENILE – CONCEALED WEAPON – FOURTH AMENDMENT – MOTION TO SUPPRESS – PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE WEAPONS SEARCH – SPECIAL SAFETY NEEDS – INEVITABLE DISCOVERY: The trial court did not err in denying juvenile's motion to suppress evidence he claimed was obtained in violation of his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 14 of the Ohio Constitution where the public high school had a written policy for daily weapons searches that included a bag check and metal detection screening of all students as part of the school's entry procedure. Notwithstanding the Security Resource Officer (\SRO\)'s practice of simultaneously patting down each student while performing the hand-held wand scan and his testimony about feeling the firearm in the juvenile's waistband before scanning that area with the metal detector wand, the discovery of the firearm was inevitable. Judgment affirmed.