Glendale Montessori School, Inc. v. State

Glendale Montessori School, Inc., appeals an order denying its motion for return of property in the custody of the Stuart Police Department. We hold the trial court erred when it denied the school’s motion.

In August 1987 the state executed a search warrant and seized the school’s personnel and student records in connection with a criminal investigation of two school employees, Brenda Williams and James Toward, for alleged offenses against minor students. In May 1989 Brenda Williams pleaded nolo con-tendere to four counts, and she has served her prison term. In June 1989 James Toward pleaded…