Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 933.03 (2025)
Destruction of obscene prints and literature.
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933.03 Destruction of obscene prints and literature.—All obscene prints and literature, or other things mentioned in s. 847.011 found by an officer in executing a search warrant, or produced or brought into court, shall be safely kept so long as is necessary for the purpose of being used as evidence in any case, and as soon as may be afterwards, shall be destroyed by order of the court before whom the case is brought.
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Floyd v. Sec'y, Dep't of Corr. (Pinellas Cnty.) (M.D. Fla. 2024).
Floyd v. Sec'y, Dep't of Corr. (Pinellas Cnty.) (M.D. Fla. 2024). “The “knock and announce” rule is codified in section 933.03, Florida Statutes, which provides that a law enforcement officer with a search warrant “may break open any outer door, inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house or anything therein, to execute the warrant,…”
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