One Hundred Seven Thousand Dollars ($107,000.00) U.S. Currency v. State, ex rel. Harrison County Sheriff's Department ex rel. Gulf Coast Multijurisdictional Task Force

PITTMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

This is an appeal of a Judgment from the Circuit Court First Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi, wherein a forfeiture of $107,00.00 to the State of Mississippi against Adrian Tagle was granted.

On August 27, 1991, Patrolman Victor Smith, of the Harrison County Sheriffs Department stopped Tagle on Interstate 10 for driving in an erratic manner. After Tagle gave oral and written consent to search his vehicle, Smith found $107,000.00 in a gift wrapped box in the trunk of Tagle’s rented automobile. The property was seized pursuant…