In re Parcel of Land

The issue in this forfeiture proceeding, see RSA 318-B:17-b (Supp. 1988), is whether the State provided sufficient evidence to prove that the owner of the property in question knew that his property was being used to grow marijuana. We affirm the trial court’s order granting the State’s petition for forfeiture.

In this case, the State had the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence, RSA 318-B:17-b, IV (Supp. 1988); see also In re $207, 523.16 in U.S. Currency, 130 N.H. 202, 206, 536 A.2d 1270, 1273 (1987), that the property owner, Stanley Yassen, knowingly used or intended to use…