STATE v. $1,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 13-92-101-CV.

865 S.W.2d 164 (1993)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, AND ONE PISTOL, SERIAL NO. FC28277, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled October 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore C. Hake, Cynthia A. Morales, Sofia Arizpe, Asst. Crim. Dist. Attys., Rene Guerra, Dist. & County Atty., Edinburg, for appellant.

Joseph A. Connors, III, McAllen, for appellee.

Before GILBERTO HINOJOSA, NYE and DORSEY, JJ.


OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

In three points of error, the State of Texas challenges the trial court's forfeiture of contraband pursuant to Chapter 59, Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. (Vernon Supp.1993). We affirm the judgment as modified.

On December 20, 1991, the 370th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, held a forfeiture hearing to dispose of $1,000 and a pistol seized during the arrest of a person for delivery of marihuana and illegal possession...

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