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IN RE 1968 DESCO SHRIMPING VESSEL, STARGAZER

No. AF-144.

417 So.2d 279 (1982)

In re Forfeiture of the Following Described Property, 1968 DESCO SHRIMPING VESSEL, "STARGAZER", I.D. NO. 573163. John Ware BOOKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Weed of Weed & Bishop, Perry, for appellant.

Janet E. Ferris, Chief Staff Counsel, Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement, Tallahassee, for appellee.

JOANOS, Judge.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement obtained an Order of Forfeiture of the "Stargazer," a shrimping vessel, on the basis that it had been used "to facilitate the transportation, carriage, conveyance, concealment, receipt, possession, purchase, sale, barter, exchange, or giving away of any contraband article" in violation of Section 943.42 Florida Statutes (Supp. 1980). We affirm.

The vessel was seized on September 6, 1980. Vernon Oblisk...

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