State v. Dugar

DANIEL, Justice.

At issue in this case is whether the district court exceeded its authority under Article 18.18, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, 1 in ordering $7,692.39 of respondent Dugar’s funds forfeited to the State as gambling proceeds. No statement of facts was brought forward. Having only the transcript before us, we must assume that any necessary fact issues were properly decided against Dugar.

The funds in question were seized from Dugar on December 6, 1974, during a gambling raid. On December 16, 1974, the criminal district attorney of Galveston County, acting on behalf of the State…