Legal Opinion
State v. Cobb
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 10, 1983No. AR-135PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.
The state appeals from a circuit court order dismissing the state’s civil proceedings, sec. 932.704, Fla.Stat. (1981), for forfeiture of alcoholic beverages allegedly used or to be used unlawfully on the premises of “Saul’s Elks Club” in Jasper, where the beverages were seized. The court ruled that by electing to prosecute Saul Cobb for a liquor misdemeanor under section 562.12, and by holding the alleged contraband for eventual disposition as provided in that statute, the state was bound to return the goods to the owner Cobb, as necessarily implied by that…
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