Four Thousand Eight Hundred One Dollars v. Lafayette County Metro Narcotics Unit

IRVING, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. This appeal arises from the Lafayette County Circuit Court’s order of forfeiture of $4,801 from Derek Nations. Aggrieved by the judgment, Nations appeals and asserts: (1) that a “close proximity” presumption does not apply in this case; (2) that if such a presumption exists, it was rebutted; and (3) that the State did not prove that the seized money was possessed “for the purposes of facilitating an illegal narcotics scheme.”

¶ 2. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 3. Nations was under indictment for selling marijuana on December 2, 2008, when he sold…