State v. Barela

604 P.2d 838 (1979)

93 N.M. 700

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Sammy M. BARELA, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 4169.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 6, 1979.

Daniel A. Bryant, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alamogordo, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas A. Sandenaw, Jr., Alamogordo, for defendant-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

The State sought the forfeiture of a pickup truck under § 30-31-34, N.M.S.A. 1978. Although quasi-criminal, and gauged by standards applicable to a criminal proceeding, this was a civil proceeding. State v. Ozarek, 91 N.M. 275, 573 P.2d 209 (1978); In re One 1967 Peterbilt…