Matthew Mickens and Martha D. Mc Intosh v. in Re: Forfeiture of Four Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars; 2007 Chevrolet
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 30, 2021
Docket2D19-1670
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
In re forfeiture of four thousand two hundred twenty-six dollars
($4,226.00) in U.S. currency; 2007 Chevrolet
(vin:3gnec126x7g237968).
MATTHEW MICKENS AND MARTHA D. MCINTOSH,
Appellants,
v.
CITY OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT,
Appellee.
No. 2D19-1670
July 30, 2021
BY ORDER OF THE COURT:
Appellants' Motion for Written Opinion and for Certification is
granted. The prior opinion dated February 26, 2021, is withdrawn,
and the attached opinion is issued in its place. No further motions
for rehearing will be entertained.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE COPY OF THE
ORIGINAL COURT ORDER.
MARY ELIZABETH KUENZEL
CLERK
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
In re forfeiture of four thousand two hundred twenty-six dollars
($4,226.00) in U.S. currency; 2007 Chevrolet
(vin:3gnec126x7g237968).
MATTHEW MICKENS AND MARTHA D. MCINTOSH,
Appellants,
v.
CITY OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT,
Appellee.
No. 2D19-1670
July 30, 2021
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Laurel M.
Lee, and Herbert J. Baumann, Jr., Judges.
Henry G. Gyden of Gyden Law Group, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.
Michael W. Schmid, Assistant City Attorney, Tampa, for City of
Tampa Police Department.
PER CURIAM.
Matthew Mickens and Martha McIntosh appeal from a final
order that denied their claim for damages under section
932.704(9)(b), Florida Statutes (2014), following the City of Tampa
Police Department's voluntary dismissal of a forfeiture action. We
affirm based on this court's decision in In re forfeiture of 2006
Pontiac Solstice, 210 So. 3d 78, 84-85 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016), which
held that the claimant was not entitled to damages under section
932.704 because the case was voluntarily dismissed without a trial
or appeal. As in Pontiac Solstice, we again certify conflict with Cox
v. Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, 881 So. 2d 641
(Fla. 5th DCA 2004). The court's order is affirmed in all other
respects.
Affirmed; conflict certified.
KELLY, VILLANTI, and LaROSE, JJ., Concur.
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