In re the Forfeiture of One 1986 Pontiac Trans-Am Automobile, Vin 1g2fw87h8gn235105

579 So. 2d 926, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 5076, 1991 WL 92973

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 forfeiture 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.