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IN RE FORFEITURE OF 1990 CHEVROLET BLAZER

No. 94-03651.

684 So.2d 197 (1996)

In re FORFEITURE OF: 1990 CHEVROLET BLAZER, VIN: IGNCT18Z3L8139145. Robert J. WOJNAR, Appellant, v. CITY OF TARPON SPRINGS, for the Use and Benefit of the TARPON SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A Shahan, Tarpon Springs, for Appellant.

Herbert Elliot, City Attorney, Tarpon Springs, for Appellee.

RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Mr. Wojnar challenges the forfeiture of his Chevrolet Blazer to City of Tarpon Springs on two constitutional grounds. He first asserts that the forfeiture violated the double jeopardy provisions of the Florida and the United States Constitutions. The United States Supreme Court decided this issue adversely to Mr. Wojnar's position in United States v. Ursery, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 2135, 135 L.Ed.2d 549 (1996). We, therefore, also...

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