MATTER OF PROPERTY SEIZED FROM SYKES

No. 91-1461.

497 N.W.2d 829 (1993)

In the MATTER OF PROPERTY SEIZED FROM Bobby Gene SYKES and Taras Tyler, Bobby Gene Sykes and Taras Tyler, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Ackerman of Ackerman Law Office, Des Moines, for appellants.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Ann E. Brenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Ferguson, County Atty., and Thomas Bower, Asst. County Atty., for appellee.

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


CARTER, Justice.

Appellants, Bobby Gene Sykes and Taras Tyler, appeal from an order forfeiting their interest in a 1984 Corvette automobile as a result of the district court's finding that the vehicle had been used in the commission of a criminal offense. The court predicated the forfeiture on Iowa Code section 809.10(3) (1985).1

Appellants urge that the order of forfeiture was entered contrary to law. In brief, it is their contention...

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