Wheeler v. Corbin

ZEHMER, Judge.

Gailyn Wheeler appeals the trial court’s dismissal of her claim for damages resulting from the loss of use of her vehicle during forfeiture proceedings. Wheeler allowed friends to use her car one evening and the Blountstown police seized it after finding cannabis in the trunk. Appellees, acting on behalf of the City of Blounts-town, instituted forfeiture proceedings pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, sections 932.701-932.704, Florida Statutes (1985), and the trial court entered a judgment of forfeiture. On appeal that judgment was reversed on the ground that…