In re: One 1994 Chevrolet Camaro

ANNABELLB Clinton Imber, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from the Arkansas County Circuit Court’s denial of its request for forfeiture of a 1994 Chevrolet Camaro car following the driver’s arrest for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.1 We hold that the circuit court erred. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

Evidence presented at the forfeiture hearing revealed that on May 3, 1999, Michael Dukes, a confidential informant for the Stuttgart Police Department, saw Matthew Wood washing a 1994 Chevrolet Camaro automobile at a car wash in Stuttgart. According to Mr. Dukes, he…