Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Turpen v. A 1977 Chevrolet Pickup Truck, VIN CC 1447S187406, Bearing Oklahoma License Number T 148-890
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 19, 1988No. 62652PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
This action was commenced in the name of the State of Oklahoma by its Attorney General for the forfeiture of one 1977 pickup truck allegedly used to store marijuana. The trial court in effect dismissed the forfeiture action, and on appeal the Court of Appeals, Division 4, affirmed. We have heretofore granted certiorari.
It is uncontroverted that on May 17, 1983, one Gary Brown was charged with selling three pounds of marijuana to undercover agents of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OSBNDDC). Contemporaneously therewith the pickup truck in…
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- Consolidated Motor Freight Terminal v. VineyardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
- Union Oil Co. of California v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Moore v. BrettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1943
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