STATE, DEPT. OF LEGAL AFFAIRS v. RUTH

No. 91-01973.

595 So.2d 1073 (1992)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, Appellant, v. Stephen L. RUTH, a/K/a Stephen Louis Ruth, a/K/a Larry Richards and M. Eileen Borg, a/K/a Eileen Ruth, a/K/a Muriel E. Borg, a/K/a Muriel Wilson, and "the M. Eileen Borg Revocable Trust" and Others Known and Unknown, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Jeanne Clougher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

Jonathan Stidham and Wofford H. Stidham of Boswell, Stidham, Purcell, Conner, Wilson & Brewer, P.A., Bartow, for appellees.


RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

The State of Florida, Department of Legal Affairs (state) seeks review of the trial court's nonfinal order denying its motion to escrow the income from property in this forfeiture action. We reverse.

On April 13, 1990, the state filed RICO lien notices against appellees' properties pursuant to section 895.05(12), Florida Statutes (1989). On October 3, 1990, the state filed its civil RICO complaint seeking forfeiture of appellees...

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