Stringer v. State ex rel. Valeska

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a condemnation and forfeiture case.

The State of Alabama filed a complaint in June 1992, requesting that the Houston County Sheriffs Office receive title to a vehicle titled to Roscell V. Stringer, pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 20-2-93, the Drug Profits Forfeiture Act of 1988 (Act). Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court condemned the vehicle and placed title and possession of the vehicle in the Houston County Sheriffs Office. Stringer appeals.

Stringer contends on appeal that the forfeiture was predicated upon an illegal search and seizure, and that Alabama’s…