$162,950 in Currency of United States v. State

OPINION

ARNOT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a civil forfeiture proceeding -under Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. 1 After a bench trial, the trial court ordered that $162,100 be forfeited to the State and that $850 be returned to Alejandro Acosta, the party in interest. We affirm.

Forfeiture proceedings of seized property are civil in nature. Article 59.05(b). Where, as in this case, findings of fact and conclusions of law are neither filed nor requested, the appellate court must presume that the trial court made all the necessary findings to support the judgment.…