State v. 1981 Cadillac Deville

IzGONZALES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of forfeiture, ordering that a 1981 Cadillac Deville owned by Donald R. Harris be forfeited to the State of Louisiana. We pretermit a discussion of the complex procedural background which brings this appeal before this court.

The seizure at issue in this case was accomplished by the District Attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial District pursuant to the Seizure and Controlled Dangerous Substances Property Forfeiture Act of 1989, La. R.S. 40:2601 et seq. (the Forfeiture Act). Under the Forfeiture Act, property used or intended to be used in any…