Case Name: In re SEIZURE OF ALL COPIES OF MAGAZINE ENTITLED "KNAVE"
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-11-04
Citations: 352 So. 2d 187
Docket Number: No. 60931
Parties: In re SEIZURE OF ALL COPIES OF MAGAZINE ENTITLED “KNAVE”.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 352
Pages: 187–187

Head Matter:
In re SEIZURE OF ALL COPIES OF MAGAZINE ENTITLED “KNAVE”.
No. 60931.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 4, 1977.

Opinion:
In re: Gimore's Newsstand and Leo Mice-li applying for writ of certiorari.
Writ granted. Since the search warrant authorized the seizure of all copies of the specified titles and since the petitioner was not afforded a hearing on the question of obscenity before the warrant issued, the procedure was constitutionally deficient. The search warrant and the blanket seizure are quashed and use of the materials as •evidence is suppressed. See A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas, 378 U.S. 205, 84 S.Ct. 1723, 12 L.Ed. 809 (1964).