Case Name: Lonzine ADAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-06-29
Citations: 193 So. 3d 1106
Docket Number: No. 2D15-3524
Parties: Lonzine ADAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: CASANUEVA, KELLY, and BLACK, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 193
Pages: 1106–1107

Head Matter:
Lonzine ADAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D15-3524.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 29, 2016.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Lonzine Adams appeals the order denying as untimely his motion to release property. In his motion, Adams stated that law enforcement confiscated approximately $493 and a cellphone when he was booked into jail after being arrested on charges that were later dismissed.
The posteonviction court treated Adams' motion as filed under section 705.105(1), Florida Statutes (2015), and denied it as untimely because more than sixty days had elapsed since the conclusion of his criminal proceedings. In support of the order, the court attached -the State's notice of nolle prosequi.
Section 705.105(1) provides:
Title to unclaimed evidence or unclaimed tangible personal property lawfully seized pursuant to a lawful investigation in the custody of the court or clerk of the court from a criminal proceeding or seized as evidence by and in the custody of a law enforcement agency shall vest permanently in the law enforcement agency 60 days after the conclusion of the proceeding.
"When summarily denying a motion for return of property pursuant to the sixty-day time bar, the trial court must attach those portions of the record showing that the property was seized pursuant to a lawful investigation or held as evidence." Burden v. State, 890 So.2d 566, 567 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (citing Cloud v. State, 801 So.2d 964, 964 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001), and McKinnon v. State, 752 So.2d 134, 135 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)); accord White v. State, 926 So.2d 473, 474 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006).
Accordingly, we reverse and l'emand for the postconviction court to attach those portions of the record indicating that the cash and the cellphone were seized and held as evidence by law enforcement or that they were seized pursuant to an investigation and were in the custody of the court clerk. Otherwise, the court must entertain Adams' motion on the merits. See White, 926 So.2d at 474; Cloud, 801 So.2d at 964.
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
CASANUEVA, KELLY, and BLACK, JJ., Concur.