WRIGHT v. BRYANT

No. 94-579.

647 So.2d 625 (1994)

Mary Eula WRIGHT and Johnnie Wright, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rick BRYANT, Calcasieu Parish District Attorney and Wayne McElveen, Sheriff of Calcasieu Parish, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied March 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jefferson Williams, Lake Charles, for Mary Eula Wright et vir.

Robert C. McCorquodale, Lake Charles, for Rick Bryant D.A., et al.

Before DOUCET, COOKS and DECUIR, JJ.


DECUIR, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a civil forfeiture case. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in finding that the claim of appellant, Mary Eula Wright, for the seized property was not timely filed.

FACTS

On July 21, August 11, and August 31, 1993, Mary Eula Wright distributed cocaine to an undercover officer of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office. As a result, on August 31, 1993 and into the following morning...

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