STATE EX REL. MEANS v. $1,354,450.50

No. 76798.

841 P.2d 616 (1992)

STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel. Fred MEANS, Director of Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, Appellant/Counter-Appellee, v. ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($1,354,450.50) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant, and Donaciano Medina, Claimant-Appellee/Counter-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 3.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1992.

Certiorari Denied November 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Ann Collum, Oklahoma City, for appellant/counter-appellee.

Bob G. Carpenter, Oklahoma City, for claimant-appellee/counter-appellant.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 3.

OPINION

HUNTER, Judge:

The State appeals the denial of its application for forfeiture of $1,354,450.50 in United States currency seized from an automobile by police after a routine traffic stop. On August 8, 1989, Raul Bustamante was driving a vehicle south on I-35, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Donaciano Medina,...

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