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38 So. 3d 360

State v. Taylor

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 25, 2010

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 2010-06-25

Relies on New Jersey v. T. L. O.

Decided 2010-06-25

¶1In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. D, Nos. 493-601, 493-630; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2010-K-0451.

¶2Writ granted. The trial court’s ruling on the motion to suppress is vacated. The trial court did not apply the correct standard in ruling on this motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to a search of a student on school property. This matter is remanded to the trial court for it to reconsider the motion in light of New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325, 341, 105 S.Ct. 733, 742, 83 L.Ed.2d 720 (1985) (The legality of the search of a student depends upon the reasonableness, under all the circumstances, of the search.)

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