In re Forfeiture of $7,775.78

Full title: IN RE FORFEITURE OF $7,775.78 U.S. CURRENCY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Nov 6, 1985

477 So. 2d 670 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

No. 85-707.

November 6, 1985.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Indian River County, William L. Hendry, J.

Charles A. Sullivan, Jr., of Sullivan, Sullivan, LaJoie and Thacker, Vero Beach, for appellant, William R. Reese, Jr.

Margaret E. Mann of Block, Mann Cairns, Vero Beach, for appellee, R.T. "Tim" Dobeck, Sheriff of Indian River County, Fla.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the final order of forfeiture of $7,560 in currency because it was based on impermissible hearsay. See Doersam v. Brescher, 468 So.2d 427 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). Absent the hearsay testimony, there was no competent evidence before the trial court establishing a nexus between the currency and the commission of a crime. See Williams v. Miller, 433 So.2d 33 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983).

REVERSED.

DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and BARKETT, JJ., concur.