$28,896.00 U.S. Currency v. State

NUMBER 13-11-00450-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG $28,896.00 U.S. CURRENCY, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 13th District Court of Navarro County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Vela Memorandum Opinion by Justice Garza This case involves the forfeiture of $28,896 in United States currency as contraband under chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 59.02(a) (West Supp. 2011). After appellant, Samuel Kimo Laihipp, failed to make…