Case Name: In re FORFEITURE OF 1985 4-Door Cadillac Vin: 1G6CB69TIF4224633. Jeffrey DIAMOND, Property Owner, Appellant, v. TOWN OF PALM BEACH, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-08-18
Citations: 622 So. 2d 193
Docket Number: No. 92-1843
Parties: In re FORFEITURE OF 1985 4-Door Cadillac Vin: 1G6CB69TIF4224633. Jeffrey DIAMOND, Property Owner, Appellant, v. TOWN OF PALM BEACH, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, J., and DOWNEY, JAMES C., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 622
Pages: 193–193

Head Matter:
In re FORFEITURE OF 1985 4-Door Cadillac Vin: 1G6CB69TIF4224633. Jeffrey DIAMOND, Property Owner, Appellant, v. TOWN OF PALM BEACH, Appellee.
No. 92-1843.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 18, 1993.
Philip G. Butler, Jr., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Mark B. Kleinfeld, Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
FARMER, Judge.
We reverse this summary judgment because we find genuine and material issues for resolution by the trier of fact. The owner of the property to be forfeited testified in the criminal trial and was convicted by a jury verdict of the underlying crime. The parties to the civil forfeiture action agreed that the court could take judicial notice of the testimony in the criminal case. The civil case was then transferred to the judge who had presided over the criminal trial. He took judicial notice of the criminal testimony and granted the Town of Palm Beach's motion for summary judgment. We conclude that the court could not have done so without an impermissible weighing of conflicting evidence. Summary judgment was not designed for weighing conflicts.
REVERSED.
GUNTHER, J., and DOWNEY, JAMES C., Senior Judge, concur.