Case Name: Glenn SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-08-21
Citations: 678 So. 2d 17
Docket Number: No. 94-3278
Parties: Glenn SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 678
Pages: 17–17

Head Matter:
Glenn SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-3278.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 21, 1996.
Glenn Smith, Starke, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sharon A. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
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.