State ex rel. Haynes v. Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($16,800.00)

HANSEN, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 On October 28, 1997, Appellants, Mark Murray (Murray) and Warren Austin (Austin) (collectively Appellants), residents of Michigan, were stopped by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Lavender while they were traveling on the Will Rogers Turnpike. Trooper Lavender testified he made the stop after the ear which Appellants occupied twice crossed the lane line. Murray was the driver and Austin was the only passenger. Murray informed Trooper Lavender he did not have his drivers license with him and that the car belonged to his cousin.

¶ 2 Trooper Lavender, for verification,…