NELSON SARMIENTO, APPELLANT,
v.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 2002-05-22
No. 3D98-3256
Before GREEN and RAMIREZ, JJ. and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
816 So. 2d 826 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2002) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

[*827] PER CURIAM.

We affirm the order denying the appellant’s petition for the return of his property seized during his arrest where, as here, the petition was not timely filed within sixty (60) days after the conclusion of the criminal proceeding as is required by section 705.105(1), Fla. Stat. (1997); see Romero-Saavedra v. State, 735 So. 2d 1290 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999) and Crutchley v. Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, 688 So. 2d 371 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); and where civil forfeiture proceedings against the property were pending at the time of the filing of the petition. See City of Miami v. Barclay, 563 So. 2d 203 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) (owner not entitled to return of property during pendency of forfeiture proceedings even in the absence of formal charges against owner); City of Coral Gables v. Rodriguez, 568 So. 2d 1302 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).

Affirmed.


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