MATTER OF SOPOCI

No. 89-1951.

467 N.W.2d 799 (1991)

In the Matter of Property Seized From; Richard SOPOCI, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Shuminsky, Shuminsky, Shuminsky & Molstad, Sioux City, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard Bennett and Sarah J. Coats, Asst. Attys. Gen., Thomas S. Mullin, County Atty., and Kandice Wilcox, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

Richard Sopoci, the owner of a 1989 Sylvan Barritz boat and the EZ Loader boat trailer on which it was housed, appeals from an order approving the State's forfeiture of this property pursuant to Iowa Code section 809.1(2)(c) (1989). He challenges the court's failure to hold a hearing on the proposed forfeiture within the thirty-day period following his notice of ownership as specified in Iowa Code section 809.10(2). Upon considering the arguments...

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