Seaman v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Police responded to a newspaper ad offering to sell X-rated videotapes. After they bought two tapes, they viewed them, determined they were obscene, and arrested defendant. Execution of a search warrant for his home, from which the tapes were being sold, yielded one high-speed dubbing commercial VCR that was connected to four other VCRs, along with 128 videotapes.

Defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of obscene materials. He challenges the order of forfeiture of the five videocas*635sette recorders used to copy pornographic videotapes, arguing that the State has no…