Heinrich v. Miller

SCHOONOVER, Judge.

The appellant, Walter C. Heinrich, Sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, has appealed an order dismissing his petition for forfeiture of a motor vehicle pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act. We find that if the appellant can prove the *590allegations of his petition, he is entitled to the relief requested, and accordingly, we reverse.

The appellant’s petition and attached affidavit allege that a detective with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department, on three separate occasions, received cocaine from the appellee, Clifton Darnel Miller. On each of these…