PEOPLE v. ONE 1953 BUICK

Docket No. S.F. 20936.

57 Cal.2d 358 (1962)

369 P.2d 16

19 Cal. Rptr. 488

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ONE 1953 BUICK 2-DOOR, ENGINE NO. V1502695, LICENSE NO. DAT-725. Defendant; COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, John S. McInerny and Joseph I. Kelly, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Partridge, O'Connell, Partridge & Fall and Wallace O'Connell for Defendant and Respondent.


DOOLING, J.

The State appeals from a judgment releasing a 1953 Buick automobile to Commercial Credit Corporation, the legal owner, pursuant to its lien asserted in a forfeiture proceeding brought by the State. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11610-11629.)

The statutes authorizing the State to institute forfeiture proceedings relative to a vehicle used to unlawfully transport narcotics were materially revised by the Legislature at its 1959 session. (Stats...

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