OPINION
KLAPHAKE, Judge.
Appellant State of Minnesota brought criminal drug charges against respondent Harlan Jay Rosenfeld. The district court dismissed the charges, ruling that a prior forfeiture of certain property under the civil drug forfeiture statute, Minn.Stat. § 609.5311 (1992), constituted punishment of Rosenfeld and that the criminal prosecution therefore violated the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy. The state appeals the...
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