Court Opinion

ID: 9933847
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:42:34.429692+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:15:36.970105
License: Public Domain

I feel compelled to comment on the inference that a person must be found in the act of selling, etc., a controlled substance for the forfeiture of money seized to be authorized under Ala. Code (1975), § 20-2-93.
It would appear to me that, if an individual is found with enough of a controlled substance on his person to support a conviction for trafficking (see Ala. Code (1975) § 20-2-80), then any money found on his person would be subject to forfeiture, even though he was not found in the act of selling, etc., the controlled substance. Unfortunately, in the instant case, as indicated in the majority opinion, there is no proof of the amount of the controlled substance.