Legal Opinion
State v. $31,400
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 13, 1992No. 01-91-0030-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUNN, Justice.
Appellant, the State of Texas, appeals the granting of a summary judgment in favor of appellee.
On April 20, 1989, the State filed its notice of seizure and intended forfeiture, pursuant to Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4476-15, section 5.05(a).1 The State alleged that Fernando Guevara and Stephen Renteria were joint owners and possessors of $45,370 cash and 253 grams of cocaine, which had been seized during their arrest on March 29, 1989. On May 9, 1989, Guevara filed an answer, in which he claimed ownership of $31,400 of the cash, and claimed that the cash was illegally…
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- Continental Casing Corp. v. Samedan Oil Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by7 opinions
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