STATE v. ONE 1965 RED CHEVROLET PICKUP

No. 93,354.

37 P.3d 815 (2001)

2001 OK 82

The STATE of Oklahoma, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ONE 1965 RED CHEVROLET PICKUP, VIN/C1445S172380 Bearing Oklahoma License 019CUT, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Dugger, District Attorney, Second Judicial District, Ricky A. McPhearson, Assistant District Attorney, Arapaho, OK, for Appellant.1

Randolph S. Meacham, Clinton, OK, for Appellee.


OPALA, J.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue presented on certiorari is whether the legislative exemption of certain automobiles from forced sale (upon execution or other court-issued process) for satisfaction of a debt bars the State from invoking in this case the statute that authorizes the forfeiture of property used in the commission of a crime. We answer in the negative.

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