Legal Opinion
Costello v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided June 29, 1989No. 13-89-080-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NYE, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment ordering that a 1987 Chevrolet Corvette he forfeited to the State pursuant to the Texas Controlled Substances Act. Tex.Rev.Civ. StatAnn. art. 4476-15, Sec. 5.03 (Vernon Supp.1989). By three points of error, Costello seeks reversal of the trial court’s judgment.
The vehicle was seized after it was allegedly used to purchase and deliver metham-phetamines. The State initiated this action by filing a notice of seizure and forfeiture in the district court. After a non-jury trial, and after Ford Motor Credit Co. (lienholder on the car) was…
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