Court Opinion

ID: 7774069
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:58:40.463101+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:28:05.230020
License: Public Domain

'' PLEUS, J.
The orders finding no probable cause for seizure of the appellee/claimant’s property (electronic video machines, gift cards and $17,354.50 in currency) and directing return' of said property to her are reversed based upon the following holdings:
First, the City carried its burden at the hearing below of showing probable cause to bélieve that the subject property constituted illegal gambling devices and paraphernalia as per sections 849.15, 849.16 and 932.701(2)(a)2, Florida Statutes;
Second, the “arcade” exception contained in section 849.161(l)(a)l, Florida Statutes, for coin-operated amusement games has no application to the instant machines which operate solely upon insertion of dollar bills; and
Third, sections 849.16 and 849.161 are not unconstitutionally vague. See Delorme v. State, 895 So.2d 1252 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004); State v. Cyphers, 873 So.2d 471 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).
The cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
■ REVERSED AND REMANDED.
SHARP, W. and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.