Legal Opinion
In re In re
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 28, 2018No. 2 CA-CV 2017-0034Published
1Opinion of the Court
STARING, Presiding Judge:
¶1 Jose Silva and Ramon Rangel ("claimants") appeal from the trial court's order granting the state's application for forfeiture of property seized from them during a traffic stop. The court found the claimants' answers to the state's forfeiture complaint were untimely. However, because we conclude claimants did not receive constitutionally sufficient notice of the forfeiture complaint, we reverse.
Factual and Procedural Background
¶2 "We accept the court's factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous." In re $2,390 U.S. Currency , 229 Ariz. 514, ¶ 5, 277 P.3d 219…
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