COCHRAN v. GODON

No. 95-2996.

679 So.2d 367 (1996)

Ron COCHRAN, as Sheriff of Broward County Sheriff's Office, Appellant, v. Martha GODON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Blinderman of Whitelock, Soloff, Rodriguez & Williams, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Richard L. Rosenbaum of Law Offices of Richard L. Rosenbaum, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


STONE, Judge.

The sheriff appeals an order dismissing a forfeiture complaint where the trial court found that the sheriff's office failed to establish probable cause to seize Appellee's property. We reverse.

In early June 1995, Detective Towsley of the Broward Sheriff's Office received information from an allegedly reliable informant that Appellee sold cocaine out of a local bar. The informant also provided Towsley with Appellee's address, a description of...

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