Hearing on obscenity of material seized--Return to owner if not obscene.

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23A-36-7. Hearing on obscenity of material seized--Return to owner if not obscene.

At a hearing pursuant to §23A-36-6, evidence may be presented as to the obscenity or nonobscenity of the matter seized and at the conclusion of such additional hearing, the magistrate shall make a further determination of whether probable cause exists to believe that the matter is obscene or nonobscene. If at such hearing the magistrate finds that no probable cause exists to believe that the matter is obscene, then the matter shall be returned to the person or persons from whom it was seized.

Source: SL 1974, ch 165, §13; SDCL Supp, §22-24-47; SL 1978, ch 178, §458.


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