Legal Opinion
Arkansas Highway Police v. Crittenden County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 18, 1999No. 98-957PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lavenski R. Smith, Justice.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Crittenden County and involves the seizure and forfeiture of over $3.1 million found in the course of a random search of a tractor-trailer truck on an Arkansas highway. The litigation is a dispute between state and local authorities over the proper jurisdiction for forfeiture proceedings. The case requires a first-impression interpretation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-64-505 (Repl. 1997). We affirm in part and reverse in part.
At approximately 8 p.m. on March 7, 1998, Roberto V. Zamarripa, a truck driver, stopped at the Lehi Weigh…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Terry L. Madewell v. Mike Downs, Anthony P. Grootens, and John PrineCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Jeffrey M. Scarabin v. Drug Enforcement AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. One 1979 Chevrolet C-20 Van, and Elizabeth Anderson, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Twelve Thousand, Three Hundred Ninety Dollars ($12,390.00), Willie J. Dorsey, Jr., Idell Dorsey, and Laverne HowardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Matter of AllenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Arkansas Public Defender Commission v. Greene County Circuit CourtSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- First United Bank v. Phase II, Edgewater Addition Residential Property Owners Improvements District No. 1Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
- Green v. City of MontgomeryCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2009
- Stilley v. JamesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
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