STATE v. BARELA

No. 4169.

604 P.2d 838 (1979)

93 N.M. 700

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sammy M. BARELA, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Bryant, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alamogordo, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas A. Sandenaw, Jr., Alamogordo, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

The State sought the forfeiture of a pickup truck under § 30-31-34, N.M.S.A. 1978. Although quasi-criminal, and gauged by standards applicable to a criminal proceeding, this was a civil proceeding. State v. Ozarek, 91 N.M. 275, 573 P.2d 209 (1978); In re One 1967 Peterbilt Tractor, Etc., 84 N.M. 652,

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