In re Forfeiture of a 1981 Ford Automobile, VIN 3ABP32F8BU154691
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
HERSEY, Chief Judge.
Appellant, the City of Fort Lauderdale, appeals the lower court’s final summary *632judgment in favor of appellee, John Coppe, in a forfeiture proceeding. The summary judgment was based on a previous order granting Coppe’s motion to suppress certain evidence seized after an investigatory stop and a warrantless search of Coppe’s vehicle.
At the hearing on the motion to suppress, testimony of detectives Barbara Stafford and Michael Spasaro established that at about 5:10 p.m. on August 24, 1981, Stafford received an anonymous phone call from a male individual who told her that a…
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