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STATE v. $20,480.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 13-92-249-CV.

865 S.W.2d 175 (1993)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. TWENTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY ($20,480) DOLLARS IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled October 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore C. Hake, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Rene Guerra, Dist. & County Atty., Randolph Booth, Asst. Dist. Atty., Cynthia A. Morales, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for appellant.

Joseph A. Connors, III, McAllen, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Austin, for appellee.

Before GILBERTO HINOJOSA, NYE and DORSEY, JJ.

OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

The State appeals the forfeiture of $20,480 in U.S. Currency to the State Treasury Office on the grounds that no "local agreement" need exist for the trial court to forfeit contraband to the attorney for the State. We agree and affirm as modified, with instructions to forfeit the currency to the Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office.

The dispute giving rise to this appeal developed after the trial court determined...

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