STATE v. ONE 1964 OLDS. CUTLASS CONVERT.

No. 93-170.

521 N.W.2d 721 (1994)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. ONE 1964 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS CONVERTIBLE, Defendant, Martin Looney, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Parrish and Maggi Moss of Parrish, Kruidenier, Moss & Dunn, Des Moines, for appellant.

Bonnie J. Campbell, Atty. Gen., Thomas G. Fisher, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., John P. Sarcone, Co. Atty., and Jamie D. Bowers, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J, and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Martin Looney loaned his 1964 Oldsmobile to a friend, Brandon Caldwell, who used it in a drug transaction. A district associate judge ordered the car forfeited, and the district court affirmed. We reverse and remand.

Iowa Code section 809.14(1) (1991) provides:

Property shall not be forfeited under this chapter to the extent of the interest of an owner, other than a joint tenant, who had no part in the commission of the crime and who had...

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