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People v. William G.

Citations

  • 709 P.2d 1287
  • 40 Cal. 3d 550
  • 221 Cal. Rptr. 118
  • 1985 Cal. LEXIS 421

How courts have described this case

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  • that student was tardy or truant from class provided no reasonable basis for conducting search of any kind
  • tardiness or truancy provides no reasonable basis for conducting a search of any kind
  • “A rule requiring individualized suspicion discourages searches of a group, class, or entire student body where the school official has reasonable suspicion that there has been a violation of the law but is unable to focus that suspicion on a particular individual.”

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Judges: Reynoso, Bird, Mosk

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58 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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