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Florida Statute 847.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 847.08 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 847.08 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
847.08 Hearings for determination of probable cause.Whenever an indictment, information, or affidavit is filed under the provisions of ss. 847.07-847.09, the state attorney or his or her duly appointed assistant may apply to the court for the issuance of an order directing the defendant or his or her principal agent or bailee or other like person to produce the allegedly obscene materials at a time and place so designated by the court for the purpose of determining whether there is probable cause to believe said material is obscene. After hearing the parties on the issue, if the court determines probable cause exists, it may order the material held by the clerk of the court pending further order of the court. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the seizure of obscene materials by any other lawful means.
History.s. 2, ch. 73-120; s. 10, ch. 86-238; s. 1354, ch. 97-102.

Cases Citing F.S. 847.08

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First Amendment Found. of Florida v. State, 364 So. 2d 450 (Fla. 1978).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1978 Fla. LEXIS 4949

...impermissibly vague, giving insufficient definition of what is proscribed thereby denying appellant due process of law. In connection with each count of each information the state filed a motion for an order to produce the subject film, pursuant to Section 847.08, Florida Statutes (1975)....
...red. There is no indication that appellant was prevented from retaining copies, of the films ordered produced, for continued exhibition. Appellant objected to the motions for production orders, and moved to quash them once issued, on the ground that Section 847.08 is unconstitutional in that it *452 authorizes an unreasonable seizure without a prior probable cause determination by a neutral magistrate....
...s written or authoritatively construed," Miller, above, include precisely those alleged in the informations to have been depicted in these films. The trial court judge was correct in upholding the statute against appellant's vagueness challenge. II. Section 847.08, Florida Statutes (1975), provides that after the filing of an indictment, information or "trial affidavit" charging a violation of Section 847.07, the state may apply to the court for an order directing the defendant or his principal...
...gent or bailee or other like person to produce the allegedly obscene materials at a time and place so designated by the court for the purpose of determining whether there is probable cause to believe said material is obscene. Appellant contends that Section 847.08 is unconstitutional in that it authorizes the seizure of property without a warrant based on probable cause....
...neutral magistrate provided that afterwards a prompt judicial determination of obscenity was available and provided that copying was permitted if necessary to allow continued exhibition pending the judicial determination. Appellant argues that since Section 847.08 states that the production order that is authorized is for the purpose of determining probable cause, it is therefore by definition not based upon probable cause....
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·Alexis, Inc. v. Pinellas Cnty., Florida, 194 F. Supp. 2d 1336 (M.D. Fla. 2002).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13794, 2002 WL 509261

...the female breast below the top of the areola."); see also Stall v. State, 570 So.2d 257 (Fla.1990). Accordingly, Plaintiff's claim of ordinance invalidation by preemption or illegality of arrests for failure to follow the procedural requirements of section 847.08 is without merit....
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Leigh v. State ex rel. Kirkpartick, 298 So. 2d 215 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 8875

obscene materials and is carried forward as Florida Statute 847.08. However, Section 3 of Chapter 73-120,

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