BLACKBURN, Judge.
In these consolidated cases, Relaford Boone appeals orders finding that $54,055 in cash which he claimed to own but which was seized by and in the custody of the Lowndes County Sheriff was "abandoned" within the meaning of OCGA § 17-5-54(a)(1). For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.
On June 28, 1995, Lowndes County Sheriff's deputies stopped a vehicle that was speeding on Interstate 75. During that traffic stop, the deputies discovered...
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