Court Opinion

ID: 9677463
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:53:04.354428+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:56.151156
License: Public Domain

*403CORNELIUS, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I agree that the judgment should be affirmed, but I would affirm it only because the State failed to file the lis pendens notice as required by the statute.
I do not agree that the misdesignation of the lot was fatal to the State’s case. The misdesignation did not mislead anyone; the physical seizure was on the correct lot, Lot 8; and all parties knew full well that Lot 8 was the lot being forfeited. There was no intervening right of innocent parties affected, and the misdesignation was promptly corrected by an amendment.
Because I agree that the failure to file the lis pendens was fatal to the State’s case, I concur in the majority opinion to that extent and in the judgment.