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MATTER OF ONE CESSNA AIRCRAFT, ETC.

No. 11026.

559 P.2d 417 (1977)

90 N.M. 40

In the Matter of the Forfeiture of ONE CESSNA AIRCRAFT, 206, 1974 MODEL, SERIAL NO. V-206-02337, NO. XBHES, COLOR WHITE/GREEN. STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CESSNA INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION and Aviones Y Servicio, S.A., and Botello Velasquez, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. Crouch, Crouch, Parr & Valentine, Las Cruces, Michael G. Rosenberg, Rosenberg & Harris, Albuquerque, for defendants-appellants.

Toney Anaya, Atty. Gen., Mary Anne McCourt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

McMANUS, Justice.

This case involves a seizure of an airplane which was found near Vaughn, New Mexico and which contained 580 pounds of marijuana. The pilot was never found or identified. The owners of the aircraft are reported to be two citizens of Mexico named Rigoberto Melchor and Guillermo Botello. Cessna International Finance Corporation (Cessna) and Aviones y Servicios (Aviones) claim a security interest in the airplane. The State of New Mexico...

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