State v. Thomas

THOMAS, Judge.

In January 2010, the State of Alabama instituted a forfeiture action in the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court against $3,600 that was seized from the residence of Antwuan Thomas during the execution of a search warrant. The State secured a default judgment in May 2010, but that judgment was set aside in August 2010, after Thomas asserted a claim to the money. The case was initially set for a trial on February 15, 2011. For reasons not clear in the record, that trial never-occurred.

The matter was next set for a trial on July' 9, 2014.1 Based on information con-*96tamed on the State Judicial…