PEOPLE v. ONE 1950 CADILLAC CLUB COUPE

Docket No. 16415.

133 Cal.App.2d 311 (1955)

284 P.2d 118

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ONE 1950 CADILLAC 2-DOOR CLUB COUPE, ENGINE NO. 506263120, LICENSE NO. 2B37400, Defendant; TOLLIE B. MATTHEWS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

May 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haley & McInerney for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, Charles A. Barrett and Victor Griffith, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


PETERS, P.J.

Tollie B. Matthews, the registered and legal owner of a motor vehicle, appeals from a judgment forfeiting the vehicle to the state because used to transport a narcotic illegally. By his answer Matthews raised the defense that he had been acquitted of a criminal charge growing out of the same transaction and, therefore, had been once in jeopardy. During the trial he moved to dismiss on this ground. The trial court denied the motion, found the facts in...

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