MORALES v. FORFEITURE OF $220,000.00

Nos. 98-3149.

739 So.2d 709 (1999)

Oscar MORALES, Appellant, v. In re FORFEITURE OF $220,000.00, etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor E. Rocha; Bruce H. Fleisher, Coconut Grove, for appellant.

Robert S. Glazier, Miami; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney, and Israel Reyes, Assistant State Attorney, for appellee.

BEFORE: JORGENSON, GERSTEN, and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Munoz v. City of Coral Gables, 695 So.2d 1283 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (holding that mere possession of currency is not legally determinative of possessory or ownership interest and is not sufficient to establish standing to contest civil forfeiture); United States v. $321,470.00 in U.S. Currency, 874 F.2d 298, 304 (5th Cir.1989) ("Unexplained naked possession of...

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