$1,568.00 U.S. Currency v. State

Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court ordered condemnation and forfeiture of $1,568 in U.S. currency pursuant to § 20-2-93, Ala. Code 1975. The currency was seized from the residence and from the person of John Willie Griffin during Griffin's arrest for possession of cocaine. Section 20-2-93, as amended in 1988, subjects to forfeiture any money used or intended for use in facilitating a violation of a law of this state concerning controlled substances.

Griffin appeals, contending, inter alia, that the State failed to establish that the currency seized was subject to forfeiture…