Legal Opinion
People v. Garner
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 23, 1987No. 85SA19PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Chief Justice.
The People appeal a district court judgment which vested the entire interest in a motor vehicle declared a class 1 public nuisance in the innocent co-owner of the vehicle. 1 We hold that the district court had no authority under the Colorado Abatement of Public Nuisance Statute (Public Nuisance Statute), §§ 16-13-301 to -316, 8A C.R.S. (1986), to vest the entire ownership of the vehicle in the innocent co-owner once the vehicle had been adjudged a class 1 public nuisance and had been ordered forfeited. We accordingly reverse the judgment and remand the case to the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- People v. MiltonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987
- Rice v. HiltyColorado Court of Appeals · 1976
- Amrani-Khaldi v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Dlug v. WooldridgeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. Sandstrom v. District Court in & for the County of PuebloSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
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