State v. Walker

COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

The State of Louisiana, appellant, through the Office of the District Attorney for the Parish of East Baton Rouge appeals from the summary judgment signed September 14, 1990, in favor of Mark V. Marinoff, appellee. Mr. Marinoff was adjudged entitled to the return of $3,000.00 in U.S. currency which had been seized for forfeiture by officers of the East Baton Rouge Sheriffs Department from the residence of Oliver Alfred Walker. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

On March 16, 1990, Sheriffs Department officers executed a search warrant at the…