Case ID: so2d_595/html/1157-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. $126,053.00 U.S. CURRENCY, CELLULAR & RADAR DETECTOR (Harold Cortes). STATE of Louisiana v. 1990 CHEVROLET C1500 PICKUP TRUCK VIN: 1GCDC14N7L2 (Richard Hall).
    No. 92-CC-0353.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    April 10, 1992.
   PER CURIAM.

Granted and remanded to the district court which is ordered to conduct an immediate evidentiary hearing on the forfeiture and to decide whether the state’s delay in filing a forfeiture proceeding or in holding a forfeiture trial violated the relator’s state or federal rights to due process of law in light of United States v. $8,850, 461 U.S. 555, 76 L.Ed.2d 143, 103 S.Ct. 2005 (1983); United States v. Banco Cafetero Panama, 797 F.2d 1154 (2d Cir.1986); see also D.B. Smith, Prosecution and Defense of Forfeiture Cases § 12.01 et seq. discussing undue delay in seeking forfeiture generally. Otherwise Denied.