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MATTER OF PROPERTY SEIZED FROM CHIODO

No. 95-851.

555 N.W.2d 412 (1996)

In the Matter of PROPERTY SEIZED FROM Thomas CHIODO; Thomas Chiodo, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Parrish, Maggi Moss, and Paige Fiedler of Parrish, Kruidenier, Moss, Dunn, Montgomery & Thomas, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary Tabor, Assistant Attorney General, John P. Sarcone, County Attorney, and Gregory Brandt, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee State of Iowa.

Considered en banc.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

The issue before us is whether an automobile belonging to claimant Thomas Chiodo was properly forfeited under Iowa Code chapter 809 (1995). The district court denied Chiodo's application for the return of the automobile and entered an order forfeiting the automobile to the State. We affirm.

I. Background facts and proceedings. On March 8, 1995, drug enforcement officers of the Des Moines police department executed a search...

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