Legal Opinion
Atkins v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 13, 2009No. 2070735PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.
Jerald Everett Atkins appeals from the judgments of the trial court ordering the condemnation and forfeiture of $7,128 in currency and of a 1998 Buick Regal automobile (“the Regal”).
On June 13, 2007, the State filed separate civil-forfeiture complaints regarding the currency, case number CV-07-99, and the Regal, case number CV-07-100, pursuant to § 20-2-98, Ala.Code 1975. The trial court held a single bench trial on both complaints. The evidence adduced at the trial tended to show the following.
On June 11, 2007, Chief Agent Stanley Webb of the Marion County Drug Task…
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