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STATE v. $30,660.00

No. 13-99-822-CV.

136 S.W.3d 392 (2004)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. THIRTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS AND NO/100 ($30,660.00) in U.S. Currency, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

May 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Kyle Duncan, Asst. Sol. Gen., and Thomas J. Patterson, Attorney General's Office, Austin, for Appellant.

G. Rudolph Garza, Jr., Attorney At Law, Corpus Christi, for Appellee.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

Opinion by Justice GARZA.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a civil forfeiture proceeding. $30,660 in United States currency was seized from the possession of Christopher Tobin by a Corpus Christi police officer following a routine traffic stop. The State subsequently filed this forfeiture action. On Tobin's motion, the trial court suppressed the currency, ordered it returned to Tobin, and...

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