Case Name: Oscar MORALES, Appellant, v. In re FORFEITURE OF $220,000.00, etc., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-09-08
Citations: 739 So. 2d 709
Docket Number: Nos. 98-3149
Parties: Oscar MORALES, Appellant, v. In re FORFEITURE OF $220,000.00, etc., Appellee.
Judges: BEFORE: JORGENSON, GERSTEN, and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 739
Pages: 709–710

Head Matter:
Oscar MORALES, Appellant, v. In re FORFEITURE OF $220,000.00, etc., Appellee.
Nos. 98-3149.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 8, 1999.
Victor E. Rocha; Bruce H. Fleisher, Coconut Grove, for appellant.
Robert S. Glazier, Miami; Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney, and Israel Reyes, Assistant State Attorney, for appellee.
BEFORE: JORGENSON, GERSTEN, and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Munoz v. City of Coral Gables, 695 So.2d 1283 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (holding that mere possession of currency is not legally determinative of possessory or ownership interest and is not sufficient to establish standing to contest civil forfeiture); United States v. $821,4-70.00 in U.S. Currency, 874 F.2d 298, 304 (5th Cir.1989) ("Unexplained naked possession of a cash hoard . does not rise to the level of the possessory interest requisite for standing to attack the forfeiture proceeding.").