Mitchell v. State

Olly Neal, Judge.

In this judicial forfeiture appeal from the Faulkner County Circuit Court, appellant argues that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the case and that it erred in granting the State’s motion to strike. We agree with appellant; therefore, we reverse and remand.

The facts are these. On March 29, 2003, Mark Mushrush of the Conway Police Department arrested appellant Demarcus Mitchell and seized $22,543 from him. Thereafter, the prosecuting attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District filed a complaint for in rem forfeiture of the money in the Faulkner County Circuit Court on…