Knodel v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The State of Georgia served respondent-claimant Leonard Murphy Knodel with a “NOTICE OF SEIZURE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000,” seeking to condemn cash, a revolver with holster, and a 1989 Ford Bronco. According to the notice of seizure, law enforcement officers discovered “one clear plastic bag containing an amount of white powdery substance,” suspected of being cocaine, under the following circumstances. “On April 11, 1995 law enforcement officers were serving an arrest warrant on Eddie Rainey at 901 Dykes Road, Newborn, Jasper County, Georgia.…