The primary question on appeal is whether in a civil forfeiture proceeding a court may consider and grant the State's oral motion, made and argued at an unreported calendar call, to strike the defendant's answer for lack of proper verification. Because under OCGA § 9-11-7(b)(1) oral motions are allowed only at hearings and trials, which do not include unrecorded calendar calls, we hold the trial court...
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