Arnold v. State

JONES, Justice.

A 1988 Ford Bronco, registered in the name of Albert Arnold, was forfeited to the State as having been used in the illegal delivery of a controlled substance by Arnold’s brother-in-law, Jody Curry. See 1985 Tex.Gen.Laws, ch. 227, § 11, at 1123-24 [Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. art. 4476-15, § 5.03(a), since repealed and codified in Tex.Code Cr.P.Ann. arts. 59.01-59.02 (Supp.1990) ]. The State sought forfeiture on the theory that Curry was the car’s true owner. The trial court agreed and ordered forfeiture. In an earlier unpublished opinion, we held there was no evidence to support the…