CdwJava
Senior Member
It's a Texas case, anyway, and not applicable to CA law. Since the poster's question had to do with CA law, this case is not relevant.Carl, Google "Russell v. State, 74 S.W. 3d 887" and the first thing that comes up is "Body", with the body of the text for the case. The decision was that a police officer could search a student without a warrant OR probable cause - this particular student had baggy pants and refused teachers' requests to empty his pockets so the officer searched him.
As for my answer of "yes" to the original question asked here, "yes" is still a proper response to a question starting with "can". A officer may not always be allowed to conduct such a search, but an officer can conduct one (given the proper circumstances).
- Carl