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$162,950 IN CURRENCY OF U.S. v. STATE

No. 11-94-192-CV.

911 S.W.2d 528 (1995)

$162,950 IN CURRENCY OF the UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Overruled January 4, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Lopez, Odessa, for appellant.

Andy McMullen, District Attorney, Hamilton, Ben L. Stool, Assistant District Attorney, Hamilton, for appellee.

Before ARNOT, C.J., and DICKENSON and WRIGHT, JJ.

OPINION

ARNOT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a civil forfeiture proceeding under Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.1 After a bench trial, the trial court ordered that $162,100 be forfeited to the State and that $850 be returned to Alejandro Acosta, the party in interest. We affirm.

Forfeiture proceedings of seized property are civil in nature. Article 59.05(b). Where, as in this case, findings...

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