Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 23, 2011No. 5D10-3300Published

1Per curiam

AFFIRMED. See Sarmiento v. State, 816 So.2d 826, 827 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) (denial of petition for return of property was affirmed “where civil forfeiture proceedings against the property were pending at the time of the filing of the petition”); City of Miami v. Barclay, 563 So.2d 203, 204 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) (“a defendant is not entitled to have his vehicle returned during the pendency of the forfeiture proceeding”).

TORPY, LAWSON and EVANDER, JJ., concur.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. City of Miami v. BarclayDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  2. Sarmiento v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002