District Court of Appeal of Florida
Dep't of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Calderon, 2D05-6167
Contrary to a ruling below, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles established probable cause for the forfeiture of $7000 in currency seized from appellee's car, as the totality of the circumstances established probable cause to believe there was a nexus between the currency at issue and illegal narcotics activity.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/08/2006
- Published 12/08/2006
Judges
- NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Steven Todd Gold, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance for Appellees.