Barron v. State

BRADY, Justice.

Appellant Michael G. Barron, seeks to set aside the trial-court’s judgment of forfeiture of certain property including $4,993.50 in United States currency, one 1983 Chevrolet Z-28 Camaro automobile, and various items of personal property. Barron forfeited the property to the Sheriffs Department of Burnet County pursuant to Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4476-15 (1987). We will reverse the trial-court judgment in part and affirm it in part.

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on the morning of June 26, 1986, acting pursuant to a search warrant, fifteen to twenty officers from the Burnet…