Legal Opinion
Money of the United States in the Amount of $8,500.00 v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 13, 1989No. C14-88-00174-CVPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANNON, Justice.
This appeal arises from the forfeiture of cash and a car seized during an undercover drug operation in Bryan. We affirm the judgment of forfeiture.
In October 1985 Arlie Golish met several times with narcotics officers in an attempt to buy at least fifty pounds of marijuana. On each occasion, Golish was driving a 1978 Chevrolet Corvette. On October 12th, Golish, Kurt Olsen, a buyer from Minnesota, and the officers met in a Safeway parking lot to complete the transaction. Before the marijuana and cash could be exchanged, an unwitting Bryan police officer drove up and the…
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