State v. One 1965 Red Chevrolet Pickup, VIN/C1445S172380

¶ 1 The dispositive issue presented on cer-tiorari is whether the legislative exemption of certain automobiles from forced sale (upon execution or other court-issued process) for satisfaction of a debt bars the State from invoking in this case the statute that authorizes the forfeiture of property used in the commission of a crime. We answer in the negative.

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THE ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

T2 By invoking the provisions of 21 0.8. Supp.1993 § 1738 (A), 2 the State of Oklahoma [State] sought on 28 January 1999 forfeiture of a 1965 red Chevrolet pickup truck, VIN/C1445§172880. Notice was sent to the…