Legal Opinion
City of Albuquerque v. Haywood
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided December 22, 1997No. 17674PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
1. This case is an action for the forfeiture of money and a handgun seized by the City of Albuquerque (the City) from an automobile owned by Samuel Haywood (Haywood). The City’s Petition for Forfeiture alleged that the $28,000 in U.S. currency and the .380 caliber handgun were fruits or instrumentalities of crime subject to seizure and forfeiture under the Controlled Substances Act. See NMSA 1978, §§ 30-31-34(F) (1989) and 30-31-35(B)(4) (1981). The district court entered Judgment based on its suppression of the currency and ordered the $28,000 returned to Haywood.…
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