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IN RE FORFEITURE OF SEVEN THOU. AND 00/100

No. 2D05-6167.

942 So.2d 1039 (2006)

In re FORFEITURE OF: SEVEN THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($7000.00) UNITED STATES CURRENCY. Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Appellant, v. Hector E. Calderon and Maria Teresa Peralta-Mazza, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Steven Todd Gold, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellees.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

We conclude that the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles established probable cause for the forfeiture of $7000 in currency seized from Hector Calderon's car, and so we reverse the circuit court's ruling to the contrary.

Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Michael Merritt stopped Calderon for speeding on I-75 in Lee County. Maria Teresa Peralta-Mazza was in the car with Calderon, as was the couple's baby. The trooper seized $7000 that...

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