State v. $11,014.00

This case presents the question whether the court of appeals erred in finding there was no evidence to support the trial court’s judgment in a drug-related forfeiture case.

The State brought this action to obtain the forfeiture of $11,014 in U.S. currency recovered by a Houston police officer during a search of Willard Wayne Wilks. The trial court found that Wilks had derived the money from the sale and/or distribution of a controlled substance. The court of appeals reversed, holding there was no evidence to support the judgment of the trial court. 808 S.W.2d 288. We reverse the judgment of…