State v. 175,800 DOLLARS, US CURRENCY

942 P.2d 343 (1997)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, and one Scale, Defendant.

Darold Hinsch, Appellant.

No. 960046.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 18, 1997.

E. Neal Gunnarson, Clark A. Harms, Salt Lake City, for appellee.

G. Fred Metos, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

RUSSON, Justice:

The State filed a complaint for forfeiture of proceeds received from the sale of illegal drugs after convicting claimant Darold Hinsch of possession of a controlled substance. Hinsch filed a claim for this money, which he had previously…