Winters v. State

ALMON, Justice.

Shirley Winters appeals from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County ordering the forfeiture of her residence at 2735 Oak Street to the City of Tuscaloosa under Ala.Code 1975, § 20-2-93. The forfeiture was ordered after Ms. Winters’s son was arrested in the residence on January 15, 1993, while in possession of a controlled substance. The dispositive issue is whether the circuit court erroneously based its judgment on a finding of fact not supported by the evidence.

The facts are substantially as follows. Ms. Winters’s son, Joe, was in trouble with the law from…