Case Name: Robert Lee JONES, Petitioner, v. Honorable Harry Lee COE, III, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-05-29
Citations: 579 So. 2d 905
Docket Number: No. 91-00742
Parties: Robert Lee JONES, Petitioner, v. Honorable Harry Lee COE, III, Respondent.
Judges: SCHOONOVER, C.J., and FRANK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 579
Pages: 905–905

Head Matter:
Robert Lee JONES, Petitioner, v. Honorable Harry Lee COE, III, Respondent.
No. 91-00742.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
May 29, 1991.
Robert Lee Jones, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Robert Lee Jones petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to enter an order returning certain personal property. See Estevez v. Gordon, 386 So.2d 43 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Jones states that he was arrested in 1990 for burglary. At that time the police confiscated "gold coins and $100.00 in cash," but it was never alleged that this money "was involved in any crime." The items apparently remain in police custody.
The state indicates that it has no objection to the petition. Accordingly, the circuit court should exercise its inherent power to direct the return of the gold coins and other moneys to Jones. We withhold formal issuance of the writ of mandamus.
SCHOONOVER, C.J., and FRANK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.