Legal Opinion
Cox v. California Highway Patrol
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 10, 1997No. C021327PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, Acting P. J.
The California Highway Patrol (the CHP) seized two Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Steven Cox that appeared to have altered vehicle identification numbers (VIN’s). Pursuant to Vehicle Code section 10751, subdivision (b), the CHP notified Cox of a hearing to determine ownership. Then the CHP discovered the motorcycles were stolen, returned them to the insurers who had paid on the theft claims, and canceled the hearing. 1
Cox, along with Nevin Brown and William Hopkins, the two men for whom Cox was allegedly building the motorcycles, filed a petition for writ of…
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