Opinion
No. 89-2677.
January 9, 1991.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; Marvin U. Mounts, Judge.
C. Patrick O'Toole, Jr. of Pickett, Fanelli O'Toole, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Barry M. Cohen of Green, Eisenberg Cohen, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
AFFIRMED. See In re Forfeiture of 1986 Rolls Royce, 564 So.2d 215 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).
GUNTHER and WARNER, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., concurs specially with opinion.
I agree that we are bound by controlling precedent to affirm. However, I disagree with the holding in the Rolls Royce case that a vehicle used to knowingly flee the scene of a serious automobile accident cannot be the subject of forfeiture proceedings. A person can unlawfully flee the scene of an accident without using a vehicle, but if a vehicle is used to facilitate the fleeing, it would appear to meet the requirement of being used to facilitate the commission of a crime, and, hence, subject to forfeiture. See Duckham v. State, 478 So.2d 347 (Fla. 1985).