Case Name: In re FORFEITURE OF $7,775.78 U.S. CURRENCY
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-11-06
Citations: 477 So. 2d 670
Docket Number: No. 85-707
Parties: In re FORFEITURE OF $7,775.78 U.S. CURRENCY.
Judges: DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and BARKETT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 477
Pages: 670–670

Head Matter:
In re FORFEITURE OF $7,775.78 U.S. CURRENCY.
No. 85-707.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 6, 1985.
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.

Opinion:
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.