In re One 1971 Dodge Charger Automobile

MILLER, Judge.

Murrell Stansell appeals from the judgment forfeiting his 1971 Dodge Charger *873automobile to the use of or sale by Sam James, Sheriff of Natchitoches Parish, as permitted for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:989. We reverse.

On May 17, 1973, Stansell’s son Charles was arrested on suspicion of burglary. Charles consented to a search of his apartment and the vehicle in question. Found in the car were two yellow or orange pills imprinted with the letter “A”. These pills contained methamphetamines, a controlled dangerous substance as defined in LSA-R. S. 40:964(111).

On August 17, 1973, the…