Legal Opinion
Apolinar Terrero Ruiz v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided September 27, 2016No. 2015-CA-00342-COAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ISHEE, J., FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. After being pulled over for a traffic stop by officers with the Harrison County Sheriffs Department in 2012, Apolinar Terrero Ruiz was found to have had $56,000 in cash hidden in a secret compartment in his vehicle. The money was seized, and a trial took place in the Harrison County Circuit Court regarding whether the money should be forfeited. At the conclusion of the trial, the circuit court determined that the money was substantially connected to illegal drug trafficking. Accordingly, the money was forfeited to the sheriffs department. Aggrieved, Ruiz appeals.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- United States v. $38,600.00 in U.S. Currency, Alvaro Freitas and August Freitas, Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Waltman v. PayneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Evans v. City of AberdeenMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
- Galloway v. City of New AlbanyMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
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