Salmon v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

This case arises out of a judgment against Ronald Salmon in a civil forfeiture proceeding. Salmon appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. We do not agree with Salmon that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment of forfeiture. We do agree, however, that the record does not reveal whether the trial court considered the mandatory guidelines of Thorp v. State of Ga., 264 Ga. 712, 717-718 (3) (450 SE2d 416) (1994), in determining whether the forfeiture was excessive. We therefore vacate the judgment of the trial court and remand this case to the…