APPROXIMATELY $42,850.00 v. State

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a civil forfeiture proceeding. In three points of error, Joseph Asonye, the party from whom the money was forfeited, claims the judgment should be reversed because he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

In 1999, the Houston Police Department received information that Asonye was illegally selling prescription medications from his office, which was connected to a pharmacy. Because Asonye was not a licensed pharmacist or medical practitioner, police set up a buy-bust operation. On March 11, 1999, an undercover officer spoke with…