Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1996

Smith v. State

Smith v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 21, 1996 · Farmer, Gunther, Warner
678 So. 2d 17; 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 8897; 1996 WL 471034 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Smith v. State

Opinion of the Court

FARMER, Judge.

We reverse the lower court’s order denying the return of appellant’s confiscated property. Appellant’s due process rights were violated by the state’s refusal to hold an evidentiary hearing for a threshold determination of whether the confiscated property meets the definition of obscene. Stone v. State, 630 So.2d 660 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). To comport with due process, the appellant must have the opportunity to demonstrate that the property held is not contraband.

GUNTHER, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.

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