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STATE v. WATKINS

No. 2008 CA 0688.

994 So.2d 675 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joelle WATKINS and $5,357.00 U.S. Currency and 2 Hand Rolled Cigars, Weighing 1.8 Grams of Suspected Marijuana, 6.6 Grams of Suspected Marijuana and 4 Tablets of Klonapin.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen Daigle Doskey, Assistant District Attorney, Houma, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, State of Louisiana.

Douglas H. Greenburg, Houma, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Joelle Watkins.

Before KUHN, GUIDRY, and GAIDRY, JJ.

GUIDRY, J.

The State of Louisiana appeals a judgment rendered against it in the forfeiture action it filed against the defendant, Joelle Watkins, pursuant to the Seizure and Controlled Dangerous Substances Property Forfeiture Act of 1989, La. R.S. 40:2601, et seq. (Forfeiture Act), seeking the forfeiture of defendant's property, namely, $5,377.00 that was seized from the person of the defendant, Joelle Watkins, incidental to an arrest. The judgment of the trial court...

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