FLAM v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH

No. 83-1958.

449 So.2d 367 (1984)

Steven J. FLAM, Appellant, v. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colodny, Fass & Talenfeld and Joel S. Fass, North Miami, for appellant.

Ginsburg, Nagin, Rosin & Ginsburg and Steven Rosin, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

We hold in this case that entrapment is a viable defense to a proceeding for the forfeiture of currency under Sec. 932.701 et seq., Fla. Stat. (1981).

The appellant Flam was apprehended in a "reverse sting" operation when he handed a Miami Beach undercover officer the $8,900 in cash he hoped to exchange for a large quantity of quaaludes. In the present action, in which the city sought to forfeit the currency as contraband, it moved for...

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