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COM. v. CASS

551 Pa. 25 (1998)

709 A.2d 350

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Vincent Francis CASS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Conti, Christian A. Trabold, Erie, for Com.

James Pitonyak, Erie, for Vincent Cass.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This case presents the question of what level of protection public school students are entitled to during a school wide search under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.1 For the reasons that follow we find that public school students have a limited expectation of privacy while in the...

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