King v. State

Hunt, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the jurisdiction of a state court over money seized by local authorities, then delivered to federal authorities for a federal forfeiture proceeding pursuant to 21 USC § 881, the forfeiture section of the Controlled Substances Act. King appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the DeKalb County district attorney to return the money seized from King. We affirm the trial court’s holding that it lacked jurisdiction over the money in question.

On November 12, 1989, local law enforcement officers…