Shults v. State

WHITHAM, Justice.

Appellants, Jerry Shults, Lori Shults and Gas Pipe, Inc., appeal from a judgment ordering forfeiture of certain items of personal property as “drug paraphernalia” to the appellee, the State of Texas. Of owners’ nine points of error, we find merit only in the sixth. Consequently, we conclude that the first two of the four seizures at issue were not subject to the trial court’s jurisdiction for purposes of forfeiture. Accordingly, we affirm as to the last two seizures and reverse and remand with instructions as to the first two seizures.

We first address a jurisdictional…