State v. Bilotta

The State of Alabama appealed from a final judgment which denied the condemnation of United States currency amounting to $1,229. The trial court made a finding of fact that the defendant's testimony was not worthy of belief, that the money at issue was used, and was intended for use, in transactions involving the selling or receiving of drugs, and that, at the time that the money was seized, the defendant was not in the act of selling or receiving a controlled substance.

"The seizure of the money in this case was 'within 72 hours' after the police arranged a 'controlled buy' in which an…