Legal Opinion
State v. One 1987 Toyota Truck
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 23, 2007No. 2051036Published
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.
The State appeals from a judgment of the trial court denying the State’s request for the forfeiture of Everette Ross Speaks’s 1987 Toyota truck (“the truck”). We reverse and remand.
On December 17, 2004, the State filed a complaint in the trial court alleging that the truck had been used to facilitate the “transportation, sale, receipt, possession, manufacture or concealment” of a controlled substance and that the truck was subject to forfeiture pursuant to § 20-2-93, Ala.Code 1975. Speaks answered on December, 21, 2004.
On June 26, 2006, the trial court held a bench…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Austin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. BajakajianSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
- United States v. One Parcel Property Located at 427 & 429 Hall StreetCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Ex Parte DoroughSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
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