In re 1996 Nissan Sentra

OPINION

FLOREZ, J.

¶ 1 Appellant State of Arizona challenges the trial court’s grant of appellee Teruko Simmons’s cross-motion for summary judgment in this civil in rem forfeiture action against Simmons’s 1996 Nissan Sentra. The state contends that the trial court erred in finding that 1) prior statements made by Simmons’s son, Dennis Day, which the state and Simmons had attached to their respective motions for summary judgment, were inadmissible hearsay; 2) the racketeering forfeiture statutes do not apply to this action; and 3) Simmons’s interest in the Nissan is exempt from forfeiture. The…