Case Name: Aaron K. MARSH, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-07-09
Citations: 695 So. 2d 951
Docket Number: No. 97-520
Parties: Aaron K. MARSH, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before LEVY and SHEVIN, JJ., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 695
Pages: 951–951

Head Matter:
Aaron K. MARSH, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 97-520.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 9, 1997.
Aaron K. Marsh, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Cynthia A. Greenfield, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
Before LEVY and SHEVIN, JJ., and BARKDULL, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Based on the state's proper confession of error, we find that the court erred in denying Marsh's motion for return of property seized at the time of arrest. The court improperly determined that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the motion. See Estevez v. Gordon, 386 So.2d 43 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Butler v. State, 613 So.2d 1348 (Fla. 2d DCA), cause dismissed 621 So.2d 1065 (Fla.1993). "Since mandamus is the proper procedure to test the correctness of the trial court's determination that it was without jurisdiction," we treat the notice of appeal as a petition for writ of mandamus and grant the petition. Estevez, 386 So.2d at 45.
Mandamus granted.