STATE v. 1987 FORD

No. 94 CA 0803.

652 So.2d 633 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana v. 1987 FORD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis V. Murray, III, Franklinton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard W. Watts, Franklinton, for defendant-appellant, Melvin Holmes.

Before WATKINS and FOGG, JJ., and TANNER, J. Pro Tem.


FOGG, Judge.

By this appeal Melvin Holmes seeks to have a judgment forfeiting his 1987 Ford automobile declared null and void claiming the State of Louisiana, through the District Attorney's Office for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court in and for Washington Parish (the State) did not comply with the procedural requirements of the Seizure and Controlled Dangerous Substances Property Forfeiture Act of 1989, LSA-R.S. 40:2601 et seq. We reverse and remand.

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