Case Name: 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)
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1992-04-10
Citations: 595 So. 2d 1157
Docket Number: No. 92-CC-0353
Parties: 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).
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 595
Pages: 1157–1158

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.