State v. Schackelford

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an automobile seizure and forfeiture proceeding. A pickup truck owned by defendant Thomas P. Schackelford was seized by officers of the Texas Department of Public Safety — Narcotics Section, acting under the authority of the Texas Controlled Substances Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4476-15 § 5.04 (Vernon 1976). A notice of seizure and intended forfeiture was filed pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Act, alleging that the truck “was used to facililtate for [sic] transportation for delivery [of] approximately 110 pounds of marijuana.” The trial court, after…