GILLETTE, Presiding Judge.
This is a civil case in which plaintiffs seek compensation for damage to a motor vehicle that resulted when state police officers, during a lawful seizure and search, cut holes in the body of the vehicle in search of bullets and ballistics data to be used as evidence in a homicide prosecution. The specific issue presented is whether the state must pay for private property, not contra-band or otherwise subject to forfeiture, which is lawfully...
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