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Facts

• A teacher observed students smoking marijuana in a school bathroom. One student admitted to smoking marijuana with the Child, leading to the principal searching the Child's backpack and locker. This search resulted in the discovery of marijuana and a pipe.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Child-Appellant: Argued that the marijuana and pipe found should be suppressed because the search of his backpack and locker was based on an inadmissible statement and lacked reasonable suspicion (para 2).
• Plaintiff-Appellee: [Not applicable or not found]

Legal Issues

• Whether the search of the Child's backpack and locker was reasonable and justified under the circumstances.

Disposition

• The Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of the Child's motion to suppress evidence found in his backpack and locker (para 4).

Reasons

• The Court, led by Chief Judge Michael E. Vigil with Judges Roderick T. Kennedy and M. Monica Zamora concurring, held that the search was reasonable. This decision was based on the precedent that while probable cause is not required for a school search, there must be reasonable grounds to suspect that a student has violated the law or a school rule, and that a search will uncover evidence of that violation. The Court found that these conditions were met when the principal conducted the search following a teacher's observation of students smoking marijuana and a student's admission of smoking with the Child. The Child's memorandum in opposition did not successfully demonstrate any errors in fact or law regarding the Court's notice of proposed disposition, leading to the affirmation of the district court's decision (paras 1-3).