[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by Petey

For instance, a few years back there was a case in which a girl had been seen smoking on school grounds. When the administrator went through her purse, they found, besides cigarettes, marijuanna and a list of people she'd been dealing to.

Now, had this happened off school grounds, and had the person doing the search been searching for cigarettes only, she could not have been prosecuted for the marijuanna because it wasn't the item that was being searched for.

Originally Posted by Cory

Wait, so say I get stopped by the cops at a checkpoint for drunk drivers on a saturday night. They think they smell booze on my breath, and Im acting drunk, and the car smells like alcohol, so they ask me to get out and search the car.

Now they don't find any alcohol, but they find a few bricks of cocaine. They can't prosecute me for the cocaine? The hell they can't

First of all, off school grounds the girl would not have her purse searched because smoking is not illegal and there is no reasonable cause for a search. But if they had reason to search her for anything, then whatever they find is fair game. If they search her for a weapon and find drugs or as Cory said, stop you for drinking and find cocaine, then you are screwed for having the drugs/cocaine.