State v. Adams

Carley, Justice.

After a seizure of appellee-defendants’ vehicle, appellant-plaintiff State of Georgia brought this forfeiture action. Appellee-defendants filed a timely answer and subsequently filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that they had not been granted a hearing within the 60-day time limit established by OCGA § 16-13-49 (o) (5). The trial court granted appellees’ motion to dismiss and denied the State’s motion for partial order of disposition. The Court of Appeals affirmed. State of Ga. v. Adams, 212 Ga. App. 881 (443 SE2d 517) (1994). This Court granted the State’s petition for…