WHITE v. STATE

No. 88813.

710 So.2d 949 (1998)

Tyvessel Tyvorus WHITE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


ANSTEAD, Justice.

We have for review the opinion in White v. State, 680 So.2d 550 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We accepted jurisdiction to answer the following question certified to be of great public importance:

WHETHER THE WARRANTLESS SEIZURE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER THE FLORIDA FORFEITURE ACT (ABSENT OTHER EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES) VIOLATES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES...

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