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STATE v. 1979 CADILLAC DEVILLE

No. 24954-CA.

632 So.2d 1221 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 1979 CADILLAC DEVILLE and $24.00 U.S. Currency Seized from Frank L. Wilson, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., John Ford McWilliams, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts by J. Jay Caraway, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

E. Pete Adams, Jr., La. Dist. Attys. Ass'n, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS, LINDSAY, HIGHTOWER and VICTORY, JJ.

LINDSAY, Judge.

A five-judge panel was created in this appeal when one judge of the original three-judge panel dissented to a proposed reversal of the trial court's judgment in this civil forfeiture action. LSA-Const. Art. 5, § 8.

On reargument, we reverse the trial court judgment.

The appellant, Frank L. Wilson, was arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. During the course of his drug arrest, his 1979 Cadillac and $24 in...

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