Rojas v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Rojas was indicted on three counts of selling cocaine, OCGA § 16- 13-30 (b), and one count of possessing cocaine and having it under his control, OCGA § 16-13-30 (a). This direct appeal is from the court’s denial of his plea of former jeopardy. See Patterson v. State, 248 Ga. 875 (287 SE2d 7) (1982).

At the time of arrest and afterwards, the State seized a variety of personal property and filed a complaint to forfeit that property under OCGA § 16-13-49 (o). Both Rojas and Universe Wrecker Service, Inc., on whose premises the drug sales took place, filed answers as claimants to…