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IN RE FORFEITURE OF ONE 1978 CHEVROLET VAN

No. 84-1556.

467 So.2d 808 (1985)

In re FORFEITURE OF ONE 1978 CHEVROLET VAN V.I.N. CGD 1584167858, Approximately $4,478.00 in U.S. Currency, and One .45 Caliber Automatic Star Handgun, Serial No. 1481675.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Delegal of Law Office of Kenneth E. Delegal, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant-Lloyd Anthony Green.

Bruce W. Jolly of Shailer, Purdy & Jolly, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-George A. Brescher, Sheriff of Broward County, Florida.

DOWNEY, Judge.

In this forfeiture proceeding filed pursuant to Chapter 932, Florida Statutes (1983), the property owner requested a jury trial, which the trial court denied. Since we hold that action of the trial court was error, we need not treat the merits of the order declaring forfeiture.

The question of the right to trial by jury in forfeiture proceedings has been treated in detail in an excellent opinion in...

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