Legal Opinion

Lopez v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District

Decided October 4, 1990No. 13-89-447-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

The trial court ordered $11,000 cash which had been seized from appellant forfeited to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Dept, under the Texas Controlled Substances Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann.- art. 4476-15 § 5.07 (Vernon 1976) 1. Appellant raises two points, the first asserting that the State failed to set a hearing within thirty days, and the second challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment. We reverse the trial court’s judgment.

By point one, appellant complains that the State did not secure a setting for *273the forfeiture hearing within thirty…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Texas Water Rights Commission v. WrightTexas Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Huffington v. UpchurchTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  3. City of Anson v. ArnettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
  4. McKee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
  5. State v. CherryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. $435,000.00Texas Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Russell v. American Real Estate Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
  3. State v. Rivera, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1990
  4. State v. $8,353.00 U.S. Currency, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1991
  5. Spurs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992

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