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IN RE ONE 1993 DODGE INTREPID

No. 94-00146.

645 So.2d 551 (1994)

In re forfeiture of the following described property: ONE 1993 DODGE INTREPID, VIN: 2B3ED56TPH503198 TEMP FL TAG: 1040143; and One Hundred Seventeen Dollars ($117.00) in U.S. Currency, CITY OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, Appellant, v. Samuel ACOSTA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 16, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merribeth Holmes and Kirby Rainsberger, Asst. City Attys., Tampa, for appellant.

Thomas A. Smith, Tampa, for appellee.

THREADGILL, Judge.

The Tampa Police Department appeals a final judgment denying the forfeiture of a Dodge Intrepid used to drive to a location where the driver purchased $20 worth of crack cocaine. The trial court found that the forfeiture of the recently purchased $21,339.00 Dodge would constitute an excessive fine. We affirm.

The complaint for forfeiture alleged that the vehicle was used in violation of section 932.702, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1992), to...

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