Legal Opinion
Six Thousand Dollars v. State Ex Rel. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 2015No. 2013-CT-01034-SCTPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
KING, Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. After failing to stop at a checkpoint in Jefferson Davis-County, John Cole attempted to evade law-enforcement officers before subsequently crashing into a trailer. Cole ran on foot into the nearby woods and was shortly detained. A search of the area produced $6,000 in cash, which the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN) claimed was found in close proximity to controlled substances. The MBN sought forfeiture of the property, and Anthony Brown filed a petition to contest. Brown contended that he was an innocent owner of the cash and that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- City of Jackson v. PerryMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
- Bowie v. Montfort Jones Memorial Hosp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- United States v. Premises Known As 526 Liscum Drive, Dayton, Montgomery County, OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Galloway v. City of New AlbanyMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
- Banks v. HillMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
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3Cited by6 opinions
- One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($137,325.00) in United States Currency v. State Ex Rel. Pelahatchie Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
- Abdulkhaliq Mohammed Murshid v. Mississippi Bureau of NarcoticsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
- Apolinar Terrero Ruiz v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
- Apolinar Terrero Ruiz v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
- One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Forty Dollars ($153,340.00) in United States Currency and Gene Parnell Taylor v. State of Mississippi Ex Rel. Rankin County Sheriff's OfficeCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2022
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