Ward v. State

Bonnie D. Ward appeals from the trial court's judgment, insofar as it condemned $14,373 to the general fund of the State of Alabama, in this action filed by the state pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-12-30 ("Forfeiture of gambling devices and gambling proceeds"). We affirm.

The money in question was seized from Ward by agents of the Alabama Bureau of Investigation ("ABI") and was condemned by the trial court on the authority of § 13A-12-30(c), which provides:

"Money used as bets or stakes in gambling activity in violation of this article [Chapter 12, 'Offenses Against Public Health and…