State v. Property at 2018 Rainbow Drive
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
The dispositive issue in this case is whether a complaint filed by the City of Gadsden, seeking, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 20-2-93, the "condemnation and forfeiture" of property owned by Gary Stedham, ever invested the Etowah Circuit Court with subject-matter jurisdiction. We answer that question in the negative.
The substantive facts out of which this confiscation action arose are relatively simple. Gary Stedham owned real estate on which contraband was discovered by police officers. A criminal drug-possession charge against Stedham was presented to a grand jury, but ultimately the grand…
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