Legal Opinion
In Re Forfeiture $20,900 US Currency
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 1, 1989No. 88-0003PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
539 So.2d 14 (1989)
In re the FORFEITURE OF TWENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($20,900) U.S. CURRENCY.
No. 88-0003.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 1, 1989.
Robert C. Fallon, West Palm Beach, for appellant, Fritz Rousseau.
Elizabeth T. McBride, Asst. City Atty., West Palm Beach, for appellee, City of West Palm Beach.
WALDEN, Judge.
Petitioner, City of West Palm Beach, sought the forfeiture of $20,900, saying that the funds represented the proceeds of sales of a controlled substance. Fritz Rousseau, a claimant and a citizen and resident of Haiti, filed an answer and…
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