DePasquale v. Suffolk County Police Department

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to compel the Suffolk County Police Department to return a certain 1985 General Motors flatbed truck, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Underwood, J.), entered June 18, 2002, which, after a hearing, granted the petition and directed the return of the subject vehicle.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

On July 17, 2001, the petitioner purchased a 1985 General Motors flatbed truck for $12,000. Two days later, the Suffolk County Police Department (hereinafter the Police Department) seized the vehicle…