Moore v. State

OPINION

GREER, Judge.

In this appeal we determine the measure of damages an individual is entitled to when his automobile has been unlawfully forfeited to and sold by the State of Arizona. The facts necessary to our determination are as follows.

On July 7, 1976, Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer Hughes and Phoenix Police Department Officer Ryan were notified by police radio that petitioner, Carl Moore, had been indicted for selling heroin and was to be arrested. A short while later the two officers saw Moore driving his *359automobile, the 1969 Chevrolet which is the subject of this…