Ervin v. State Ex Rel. Miss. Bur. of Narc.

434 So.2d 1324 (1983)

Cynthia L. McCuller ERVIN

v.

STATE of Mississippi, ex rel. MISS. BUREAU OF NARCOTICS.

No. 53745.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 11, 1983.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1983.

Edward Witt Chandler, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant.

R. Steven Coleman, Jackson, for appellee.

Before BROOM, PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics initiated a civil suit for the forfeiture of an automobile which was used by the owner's husband in violation of state narcotics law. In the trial held before the Circuit Court of DeSoto County, the trial judge…