State v. Euresti

OPINION

KEYS, Justice.

This is a forfeiture proceeding. Appellant, State of Texas, is suing Rosalva Eu-resti, aka Sylvia Lopez and her mother, Maria Luisa Bocanegra de Lopez, in per-sonam, and $53,040.00 in rem. The currency was seized during and after a drug sting operation.

At trial the record indicates that Euresti planned to purchase two hundred pounds of marijuana from an undercover police officer at $310.00 per pound. When she arrived to make the deal, she informed the officer that she brought only half of the money. When the officer asked her why she had only half of the money she stated…