LYON v. STATE

No. A97A1947.

495 S.E.2d 899 (1998)

230 Ga. App. 264

LYON v. STATE of Georgia.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

January 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ratcliffe, Smith & Rose, Charles P. Rose, Jr., Hinesville, for appellant.

Dupont K. Cheney, District Attorney, Carole E. Wall, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

The State filed a forfeiture action against a pickup truck owned by appellant Betty Lyon, alleging that the truck was used by her son, Jesse Dubberly, to facilitate a purchase of cocaine. Lyon answered, asserting, among other things, that she was an innocent owner of the forfeited property. The "innocent owner" provision of the forfeiture statute provides in relevant part: "A property interest shall not be subject to forfeiture under this Code section...

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