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STATE v. $144,320.00 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 09-954.

29 So.3d 1266 (2010)

STATE of Louisiana v. $144,320.00 U.S. CURRENCY, Tina M. Beers, 132 Woody Land, Siler City, NC 27344.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Phil Haney, District Attorney—Sixteenth Judicial District, Walter J. Senette, Jr.—Assistant District Attorney, Franklin, Louisiana, for Appellant, State of Louisiana.

Pride J. Doran, Quincy L. Cawthorne, The Doran Law Firm, Opelousas, Louisiana, for Defendants/Appellees, Tina M. Beers and Brittany Beers.

Court composed of ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.

GENOVESE, Judge.

The State of Louisiana (the State) appeals the trial court's finding that Tina Beers was not properly served and/or given notice of forfeiture proceedings resulting from the seizure of $144,320.00 from a vehicle operated by Tina Beers on January 10, 2009. Tina Beers and Brittany Beers, who also claim an ownership interest in the money that was seized, answered the appeal. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

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