Legal Opinion
Kirkland v. State Ex Rel. Baxley
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 27, 1976No. Civ. 914PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal by Damon Lee Kirkland from a condemnation proceeding in the Circuit Court of Houston County, wherein Mr. Kirkland's automobile was adjudged forfeited to the State of Alabama.
Title 22, § 258 (57), Code of Alabama 1940, allows law enforcement officials having probable cause to believe that a vehicle is being used in the illegal transportation of controlled substances to seize the vehicle. Vehicles thus seized may thereafter pursuant to judicial proceedings be adjudged forfeited to the state, sold, and the proceeds therefrom distributed according to the statutory scheme.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Lee v. ThorntonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Bramble v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Eleven Automobiles v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Lightfoot v. FloydSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- Minnifield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Reach v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
- Winstead v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1979
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