REACH v. STATE

87-116.

530 So.2d 40 (1988)

Gary REACH v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence T. Hellums, Jr., Centreville, for appellant.

Robert R. Blair, Sp. Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

The State of Alabama seized two of appellant's vehicles and instituted a forfeiture proceeding pursuant to Ala.Code 1975 § 20-2-93, because appellant allegedly intended to use the vehicles to transport marijuana. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the State instituted the forfeiture proceeding "promptly," as required by the statute.

The facts are undisputed. On October 29, 1986, officers of the Alabama Department of Conservation...

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