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Florida Prisoners Have Right to Attend Forfeiture Trial
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1994, page 10
A Florida state prisoner whose property was the subject of a forfeiture proceeding while he was imprisoned had a right under the due process clause of the Florida Constitution to be present at the trial, the Florida Court of Appeals for the Fourth District ruled on May 25, 1994.Referring …
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