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search the luggage was rendered involuntary by the officer’s failure to advise the suspect of his right to refuse. Without deciding that a "setzure™ had actually occurred when the police confronted the suspects at the airport, the Gourt ruled that the facts supported a reasonable suspicion to make an investigative stop. The Court further held that the state court”s conclusion regarding the consent was inconsistent with the holdings in Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 (1973) that an otherwise voluntary consent is not rendered involuntary because of a failure to advise the suspect of his right to refuse consent, The case was remanded to the state court to determine whether other factors affecting voluntariness of the consent had been considered. 5. U.S. v. DeHernandez, 105 $.Ct. 3304 (7+1-85) The Court upheld the 16-hour detention by Customs Agents of a woman arriving in the United States from a foreign country. The Court held that the Customs Agents had an atticulable suspicion that she was engaged in alimentary canal smuggling, and the lengthy detention was justified in this case because of the nature of the criminal activity - i.e., “the method by which she chose to smuggle 1ilicit drugs into the country” - as well as the actions of the defendant in attempting to evade discovery. B. Search of Persons 1. New Jersey v. T.L.0., 105 S.Ce, 733 (1-15-85) In T.L.0., the Court held that the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures applies to the search of students by school officials, However, the Supreme Court concluded that the needs of school officials to maintain discipline, preserve order and provide a proper educational environment outweigh a student”’s privacy interests and, therefore, justify warrantless searches by teachers or other school officials. The Court held that in light of the above interests, reasonable suspicion, not probable cause, is the standard which must be met before a teacher or school official may search a student for evidence of a violation of the law or the rules of the school. 2. Winston v. Lee, 105 S.Ct. L6Et (3-20-85) In Winston, the Court ruled invalid a court order compelling bullet removal surgery because the state failed to establish a compelling need for the evidence. The Court held that compelled surgical intrusions might be unreasonable, even where the surgery is minor in nature and probable cause exists, if the identifiable government needs in acquiring the evidence are outweighed by the risks to the individual and the degree of the intrusion.