Allmond v. State

Cooper, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a civil forfeiture action brought by the State pursuant to OCGA § 16-13-49 against $1,973 and a personal computer. The currency and computer were seized from Dewey Allmond, the husband and father of appellants. Appellants’ sole enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in denying their motion to intervene in the forfeiture action.

The property in question was seized by an officer assigned to a local drug enforcement task force. The forfeiture complaint recited that both the currency and the computer were found in close proximity to cocaine; that…