State v. Meyers

HEDRICK, Judge.

Among other things petitioner argues on appeal that to allow the forfeiture of his car under the circumstances of this case will result in a deprivation of his property without due process of law. He bases this argument on his observation that the “undisputed” evidence of record “shows that he did not know Timothy Meyers or Timothy Mosley and never authorized them to use his car for any purpose whatsoever.”

While our statutes authorize the immediate forfeiture of vehicles used in the illegal transportation of controlled substances, see G.S. §§ 90-112 and 18A-21, the power is not…