Case Name: STATE ex rel. Willie WATSON v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1996-02-16
Citations: 667 So. 2d 1041
Docket Number: No. 95-KH-1578
Parties: STATE ex rel. Willie WATSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 667
Pages: 1041–1041

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Willie WATSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 95-KH-1578.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 16, 1996.

Opinion:
In re Watson, Wiliie; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; Parish of Calcasieu, 14th Judicial District Court, Div. "A", No. 91-4453; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KW95-0003.
Writ granted in part; otherwise denied. The district court is ordered to appoint counsel and hold a hearing at which it will determine whether the initial seizure of relator's property complies with the due process guarantees of the Louisiana and United States constitutions, and whether the property seized from relator and forfeited to the state properly falls within the bounds of The Seizure and Controlled Dangerous Substances Property Forfeiture Act. See R.S. 40:2604; R.S. 40:2611(H). In all other respects, the application is denied.