STATE v. NINE SAV. ACCOUNTS

Nos. 88-K-2809, 89-K-0501 and 89-K-0679.

553 So.2d 823 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. NINE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Thomas, Tallulah, for Nine Sav. Accounts.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tommy Adkins, Dist. Atty., John Sheehan, and Daniel Grady, III, Asst. Dist. Attys., for the State.


LEMMON, Justice.

The determinative issue in this case is whether money in bank accounts, allegedly derived from drug racketeering activity, is subject to forfeiture under the provisions of the Louisiana Drug Racketeering Act, La.R.S. 15:1351 et seq., enacted by Acts 1983, No. 727.

After Thomas Johnson sold marijuana to undercover narcotics agents at Johnson's residence on five occasions during a five-month period, the police obtained a warrant to search the...

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