MDPD v. FORFEITURE OF $15,875.51

No. 3D10-1942.

54 So.3d 595 (2011)

MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Appellant, v. In re FORFEITURE OF $15,875.51, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Monahan and Robert Knabe , for appellant.

Carlos A. Canet , for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ, C.J., and WELLS and CORTIÑAS, JJ.


CORTIÑAS, J.

Miami-Dade Police Department ("MDPD") appeals the trial court's ruling finding no probable cause at an adversarial preliminary hearing in furtherance of a civil forfeiture motion. We reverse.

The underlying case arose when two Miami-Dade police detectives (collectively "detectives") stopped a vehicle for having illegally tinted windows. The vehicle, later discovered to be rented, was driven by the sole occupant, Cedric Davenport ("Davenport...

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