A Vice Principal Has Good Reason to Believe That a Certain

question 20

Multiple Choice

A vice principal has good reason to believe that a certain pocket of a student's book bag contains a handgun. He searches the pocket and finds bullets, but no gun. From a legal standpoint, he probably

• A)has no right to search further, since he did not find a gun.
• B)should avoid accusing that individual student and should consider a search of all students in the school until the gun is found.
• C)has sufficient evidence to confirm his suspicion and to suspend the student.
• D)has reasonable suspicion to search the bag more extensively.

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