IN RE FORFEITURE $20,900 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 88-0003.

539 So.2d 14 (1989)

In re the FORFEITURE OF TWENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($20,900) U.S. CURRENCY.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 affirmative defenses saying, among other things, that the money was wrongfully taken and that the money was to buy an automobile and other items for his family's use.

Both sides conducted pre-trial discovery...

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