WILLIE RIVERS, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• In re Forfeiture OF: $221 v. City of Tampa, 106 So. 3d 47 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013)
  …the forfeiture proceeding as contemplated in the statute. This rather sensible reading of the statute is consistent both with its strict language and with its application by the courts. Thus, in Cox v. Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, 881 So. 2d 641 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004), the Fifth District held that when the seizing agency voluntarily dismissed its forfeiture action after a finding of probable cause, the property owner could be deemed to have prevailed in the forfeiture proceeding and could clai…
• In re Forfeiture OF 2006 Pontiac Solstice v. State, 210 So. 3d 78 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)
  …to be an inequity in the statutory scheme applicable to forfeiture proceedings in effect at the time of the underlying proceedings. We also certify conflict with the Fifth District’s decision in Cox v. Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, 881 So. 2d 641 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). I. THE FACTS In connection with an investigation conducted by the PCSO, one of its detectives (the Detective) requested and obtained a search warrant to seize evidence related to the manufacture of marijuana at Mr. Un [*80] de…

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• State v. Tarman, 917 So. 2d 899 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
  …whether probable cause exists involves “whether the information relied upon by the state is adequate and sufficiently reliable to warrant the belief by a reasonable person that a violation had occurred.” Cox v. Dep’t of Highway Safety & Motor Vehs., 881 So. 2d 641 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). Here, Tarman admitted that he had a prior conviction for DUI, that he was driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, and at the very least, he was driving without a valid license. The trooper testified that Tarman wa…