HOOVER v. STATE EX REL. EAGAN

No. 81-356.

409 So.2d 123 (1982)

John Robert HOOVER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida ex rel. Robert EAGAN, State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida; Orlando Police Department, Agency of the City of Orlando, a Municipal Corporation Existing under the Laws of the State of Florida; Winter Park Police Department; and Lawson L. Lamar, Sheriff of Orange County, Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Wilson of Taylor & Wilson, Orlando, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Susan E. Gamble, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Terry Bowden, Certified Legal Intern, Tallahassee, for appellee State of Florida ex rel. Robert Eagan.

Jody M. Litchford, Orlando, for appellee Orlando Police Dept.


FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of forfeiture of $73,500 which appellant Hoover had used to purchase 300 pounds of marijuana during an undercover drug operation. At the forfeiture hearing, Hoover argued that the currency was not subject to forfeiture under chapter 943, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1980). The trial court held that the currency was contraband as defined in section 943.41(2)(a), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1980), and ordered the $73...

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