IN RE FORFEITURE OF 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE

No. 2D04-2748.

898 So.2d 223 (2005)

In re FORFEITURE OF: 1997 JEEP CHEROKEE, Identification No. IJ4GX78Y2VC551818, Kaleshia C. Allen, Appellant, v. City of St. Petersburg, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. DiGiola, St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

Scott A. Headley, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.


KELLY, Judge.

Kaleshia C. Allen appeals from the order denying her motion for an award of attorney's fees generated from her defense of a forfeiture action brought by the City of St. Petersburg. We reverse.

On March 16, 2003, a St. Petersburg police officer observed a 1997 Jeep Cherokee being driven with an improper tag. The officer performed a traffic stop for this violation and during his investigation learned that Allen, the driver, had a suspended license...

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