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1979 PONTIAC AUTO. v. STATE

No. 11-97-00414-CV.

988 S.W.2d 241 (1998)

1979 PONTIAC AUTOMOBILE (Billy Mack Walker, Jr.), Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

September 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua M. Webber, Dallas, for appellant.

Gregory Alan Willis, Julie Breedlove, Tom O'Connell, Criminal District Attorney's Office, McKinney, 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 a 1979 Pontiac automobile be forfeited to the State and that $450 be returned to Billy Mack Walker, Jr., the party in interest. We affirm.

Forfeiture proceedings of seized property are civil in nature. Article 59.05(b). When findings...

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