IN RE FORFEITURE OF MERCURY

No. HH-287.

357 So.2d 472 (1978)

In re FORFEITURE OF the Following Described Property, 1972 MERCURY, SERIAL No. 2H11H539168, FLORIDA LICENSE TAG # 2-114609. James Samuel BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Nichols of Dawson, Galant, Maddox, Sulik & Nichols, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Patti Englander, Michael H. Davidson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


MILLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Brown appeals from a judgment ordering the forfeiture of his automobile to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department pursuant to Sections 943.41-44, Florida Statutes (1975). Brown contends that a forfeiture under Sections 943.41-44 is permitted only upon a showing that the automobile was being used in a drug operation or was significantly involved in a criminal enterprise. The State contends this case is controlled by this Court's decision...

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