Case Name: In re The FORFEITURE OF ONE 1986 PONTIAC TRANS-AM AUTOMOBILE, VIN 1G2FW87H8GN235105
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-06-05
Citations: 579 So. 2d 926
Docket Number: No. 90-2412
Parties: In re The FORFEITURE OF ONE 1986 PONTIAC TRANS-AM AUTOMOBILE, VIN 1G2FW87H8GN235105.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, GUNTHER and GARRETT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 579
Pages: 926–927

Head Matter:
In re The FORFEITURE OF ONE 1986 PONTIAC TRANS-AM AUTOMOBILE, VIN 1G2FW87H8GN235105.
No. 90-2412.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 5, 1991.
James L. Eisenberg, West Palm Beach, for appellant-Judith Gopoian.
Peter A. Sachs and Mark B. Kleinfeld of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee-Town of Palm Beach.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was stopped for speeding and subsequently arrested for possession of cocaine. The total quantity involved was about one-half dozen small baggies.
Appellant pled guilty to attempted possession, a misdemeanor; and the Town of Palm Beach instituted forfeiture proceedings against appellant's Pontiac Trans-Am Automobile, valued at about $6,000. The trial court entered a final order of forfei ture in favor of the Town, occasioning this appeal.
In ordering the forfeiture, the trial court considered and rejected appellant's contentions that the forfeiture constituted double jeopardy; and that United States v. Hal-per, 490 U.S. 435, 109 S.Ct. 1892, 104 L.Ed.2d 487 (1989), was controlling. It based its order upon the 4-3 decision of our supreme court in State v. Crenshaw, 548 So.2d 223 (Fla.1989). We agree with the trial court and affirm. See also United States v. A Parcel of Land, 884 F.2d 41 (1st Cir.1989); United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms, 465 U.S. 354,104 S.Ct. 1099, 79 L.Ed.2d 361 (1984).
GLICKSTEIN, GUNTHER and GARRETT, JJ., concur.