State ex rel. Morgan v. Thompson

CRAWLEY, Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s denial of its requested forfeiture of an automobile owned by Randolph Lewis Thompson. The Huntsville Police Department seized the vehicle on June 18, 1999. The district attorney, on behalf of the State, filed a forfeiture action on June 24, 1999. On November 9, 1999, Thompson filed a response to the forfeiture action. On November 18, 1999, Mayhall Title Pawn Company (“Mayhall”) filed a motion to intervene, which the trial court granted. Mayhall then filed a motion for summary judgment in which it contended that it was entitled to the…