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STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Alton HODGES, Appellee.
    No. 95-4434.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    May 14, 1997.
    Rehearing and Clarification Denied June 20, 1997.
    Robert A Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Peter D. Lent, Fort Lauderdale, for appel-lee.
   PER CURIAM.

The issue in this appeal is identical to that in State v. Powelson, 680 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). The state appeals an order dismissing a forfeiture proceeding on double jeopardy grounds. We said in Powelson:

“In light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision in United States 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 Clause. See id.; see also §§ 932.701-.707, Fla. Stat. (1995).”

680 So.2d at 1089-1090.

REVERSED.

STONE, POLEN and FARMER, JJ., concur.