People v. One 1949 Chevrolet Sedan

The People appeal from a judgment *293refusing to forfeit a vehicle to the State of California, under Health and Safety Code, section 11610, pertaining to the use of a car to unlawfully transport or to facilitate the unlawful transportation of a narcotic by an occupant thereof. In the answer filed by Veronica Maldonado, wife of Louis Maldonado who was the occupant and driver of said car, it is alleged that they were coowners of the car as “community property” and she denied any violation of the section. She was not in the car nor driving it at the time.

The parties stipulated to the facts in the…