IN RE FORFEITURE OF 1986 PONTIAC FIREBIRD

No. 91-01368.

600 So.2d 1178 (1992)

In re FORFEITURE OF 1986 PONTIAC FIREBIRD, VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1G2FS87H3GN236562, FLORIDA TAG NO. Hwk 81Y. CITY OF CAPE CORAL, Florida, Appellant, v. Terry A. BURGESS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Conroy, City Atty., Marilyn W. Miller and Dolores D. Menendez, Asst. City Attys., Cape Coral, for appellant.

Peter D. Ringsmuth, Fort Myers, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The City of Cape Coral appeals a circuit court order denying its petition for forfeiture of a 1986 Pontiac Firebird. We reverse.

The Pontiac currently is the property of appellee Terry Burgess. On July 13, 1990, a Cape Coral police officer observed Burgess sitting in the parked Pontiac holding a plastic bag of cocaine. Burgess entered a no contest plea to felony possession charges and was placed on probation. During the course of the criminal prosecution...

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