In the 1984 case of New Jersey v T.L.O., a fourteen year old freshman student’s attorney argues that evidence collected by school officials should be excluded due to a violation of the student’s Fourth Amendment rights to unreasonable search and seizure. The student and her friend were caught smoking cigarettes in the restroom of the high school by a teacher, and escorted to the principal’s office. After claiming that she was not a smoker, the principal demanded that she reveal the contents of her purse. Upon opening the purse, the principal found not only cigarettes; but, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, a substantial amount of money, and a list of other students that owed her money. The defense’s motion to exclude was denied at both the
