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STATE v. $8,000.00 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 02-0224.

827 So.2d 634 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana v. $8,000.00 U.S. CURRENCY, Jawanza R. Banyard.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 2, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett R. LaPoint, Assistant District Attorney, Jennings, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Malcolm Xerxes Larvadain, Alexandria, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Jawanza R. Banyard.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, GLENN B. GREMILLION, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.

GREMILLION, Judge.

In this case, the defendant, Jawanza Banyard, appeals the trial court's judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the State of Louisiana, finding that $8,000 U.S. Currency was properly seized by the State. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On November 6, 1999, Officer Arthur Lee Phillips, Sr., of the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Department, stopped the vehicle operated by Banyard for improper...

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