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TEJADA v. IN RE FORFEITURE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY $406,626.11 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 3D00-3145.

820 So.2d 385 (2002)

Andres F. TEJADA, Appellant, v. In re FORFEITURE OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: $406,626.11 IN U.S. CURRENCY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. James Donnellan, III, Miami, for appellant.

Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney, and Israel Reyes, Assistant State Attorney; Adorno & Zeder, P.A., and Raoul G. Cantero, III, Miami, and Donna A. Weston, for appellee.

Before GREEN, SHEVIN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

RAMIREZ, J.

Andres F. Tejada appeals a final order in a civil forfeiture action dismissing his claim to $406,626.11 in U.S. currency seized from his Florida bank account. The trial court based its dismissal of Tejada's claim upon section 896.106, Florida Statutes (2000), which codified what is commonly referred to as the "fugitive disentitlement doctrine." We affirm because the statute was not impermissibly applied retroactively.

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