Jennings v. State

CONOVER, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Anthony Jennings (Jennings) appeals the trial court’s judg ment forfeiting Jennings’s $1,474 in U.S. currency and the 1976 Mercedes automobile he was driving because they were intended for use by Jennings in dealing marijuana.

We affirm.

This case presents one issue, namely

whether the trial court’s ruling forfeiting the money and the Mercedes is supported by a preponderance of the evidence as required by IND.CODE 34-4-30.1-4.

Donald Finch, an Indianapolis police officer, stopped Jennings in his automobile as he was leaving a gas station because he failed to…