Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 1, 2014No. 49,331-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCaraway, J.
|,The state served claimant with a notice of pending forfeiture of a vehicle allegedly used to facilitate claimant’s drug activities. Claimant filed a claim challenging the forfeiture. The state filed an exception of no right of action on the grounds of claimant’s failure to follow the statutory requirements for filing such a claim. After the trial court granted the exception and dismissed claimant’s request for return of the vehicle, this appeal followed. We affirm.
Facts
In June of 2011, Shreveport police received information from a confidential informant that Labarrie Watson was distributing…
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