Legal Opinion
Baudoin v. Fonseca
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 13, 1977No. 11344PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SARTAIN, Judge.
Appellant, Michael Fonseca, appeals from a judgment ordering the forfeiture of his Ford pickup truck to Chester C. Baudoiri, Sheriff of St. Mary Parish, under the provisions of R.S. 40:989 A(4). We affirm.
On January 10, 1976, appellant, while driving the subject vehicle, was apprehended and certain quantities of marijuana in the form of hashish, and cocaine, were found. He later pled guilty to and was sentenced for the illegal possession of cocaine. This suit followed.
Appellant argues that R.S. 40:989 A(4) is violative of Article 1, sec. 4, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. William C. FarrellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Baudoin v. FonsecaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977