Wallace v. State

THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.

Nathaniel Wallace, Jr. (“Wallace, Jr.”), appeals from a judgment entered by the Shelby Circuit Court (“the trial court”) ordering the forfeiture of a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice (“the automobile”). The State of Alabama sought the forfeiture of the automobile on the ground that it was being used to transport marijuana.

The following evidence was adduced at trial. Chris Cannon, an investigator with the City of Alabaster assigned to the Shelby County Drug Task Force (“the task force”), testified that, in September 2014, the task force received information that a confidential…