Hickman v. State ex rel. Mississippi Department of Public Safety

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

I

This appeal arises from a civil action wherein the Circuit Court has ordered forfeited to the State $16,700.00 of Appellant’s money on grounds these funds had been used or were intended for use in drug trafficking in violation of this state’s controlled substances act. The State made its case through circumstantial evidence, and the question before us is whether the evidence is adequate that we should uphold the forfeiture. A troublesome mode of proof attends our inquiry. In the end, we affirm.

II

A

The facts are in relevant part undisputed. At approximately…