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Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1996

State v. Powelson

State v. Powelson
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 9, 1996 · Farmer, Gunther, Polen
680 So. 2d 1089; 1996 Fla. App. LEXIS 10500; 1996 WL 577354 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Powelson

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

In. light of the' recent United States Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Ursery, - U.S. -, 116 S.Ct. 2135, 135 L.Ed.2d 549 (1996), we reverse the trial court’s granting of Defendant’s motion to dismiss. This forfeiture action under Florida’s Contraband Forfeiture Act followed by a criminal proceeding does not violate the Double Jeopardy *1090Clause. See id.; see also §§ 932.701-.707, Fla.Stat. (1995)."

GUNTHER, C.J., and POLEN and FARMER, JJ., concur.

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