NAT. FISHERMEN PROD. CO-OP. SOC. v. STATE

No. 86-1395.

503 So.2d 430 (1987)

NATIONAL FISHERMEN PRODUCERS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, LTD., OF BELIZE CITY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Paul Horan and Edward W. Horan, Key West, for appellant.

Charles R. McCoy, Bartow, and Henri C. Cawthon, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.


JORGENSON, Judge.

The Florida Marine Patrol seized 22,000 pounds of lobster tails which had been shipped from Belize, South America, via Miami International Airport. The tails were en route to Chicago and had been temporarily deposited with a Miami freight forwarder. The state instituted forfeiture proceedings pursuant to section 370.061, Florida Statutes (1985), which resulted in a joint stipulation of dismissal.1 Thereafter, the appellant...

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