STATE v. SEVENTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS U.S. CURRENCY

No. 13-90-477-CV.

809 S.W.2d 637 (1991)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. SEVENTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS U.S. CURRENCY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled June 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Jones, Dist. Atty. Corpus Christi, David M. Jordan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kingsville, for appellant.

Ralph Paul Behrens, Houston, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and HINOJOSA and BENAVIDES, JJ.


OPINION

HINOJOSA, Justice.

The State of Texas and Kleberg County Sheriff Adan Munoz, Jr., appeal by two points of error from a summary judgment that the State take nothing in a forfeiture proceeding brought against $17,000 in U.S. currency seized and sought to be forfeited under the authority of the Texas Controlled Substances Act,1 and that Sheriff Munoz return the money to Santiago Cantu, the real party in interest. We reverse...

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