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IN RE FORFEITURE OF $7,775.78

No. 85-707.

477 So.2d 670 (1985)

In re FORFEITURE OF $7,775.78 U.S. CURRENCY.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Sullivan, Jr., of Sullivan, Sullivan, LaJoie and Thacker, Vero Beach, for appellant, William R. Reese, Jr.

Margaret E. Mann of Block, Mann & Cairns, Vero Beach, for appellee, R.T. "Tim" Dobeck, Sheriff of Indian River County, Fla.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the final order of forfeiture of $7,560 in currency because it was based on impermissible hearsay. See Doersam v. Brescher, 468 So.2d 427 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). Absent the hearsay testimony, there was no competent evidence before the trial court establishing a nexus between the currency and the commission of a crime. See Williams v. Miller, 433 So.2d 33 (Fla...

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