Lee v. State

POPE, Presiding Judge.

The pivotal question in this forfeiture case under OCGA § 16-13-49 is whether the trial court erred by failing to allow William Steven Lee to correct a clerical error and amend his answer 83 days after originally filing it. We conclude that the court erred in not allowing Lee to correct the mistake and therefore reverse.

William Steven Lee was stopped by Albany Police Department officers while driving his 1987 pickup truck, and in the ensuing search, officers found narcotics. Lee was charged with several offenses, including possession of dextropropoxyphene with intent to…