Evans v. State

Blackburn, Judge.

Appellants, Sara Augusta Evans and James Danny Gaddis, appeal the forfeiture judgment rendered against them and in favor of the State. After a bench trial, the trial court determined that appellants’ property was used to facilitate a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act in the manufacture and growing of marijuana, and condemned approximately 5.1 acres of land owned by appellants which included their house. Appellants appealed the trial court’s ruling and asserted, among other things, that the forfeiture of the entire property on the basis of the discovery of 8.8…