Court Opinion

ID: 9546004
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:23:27.882952+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:15:53.294133
License: Public Domain

CARTER, J.
I concur in the judgment of affirmance as the statute under which this proceeding was instituted seems to be perfectly plain and does not leave any room for construction which would justify a court in relieving an owner of an automobile of the penalty of forfeiture when it is used for the transportation of narcotics.
While section 11610 of the Health and Safety Code here involved is not an exact counterpart of section 402 of the Vehicle Code the same rules should be applicable to their interpretation. For this reason I desire to refer to my concurring opinion in the case of Burgess v. Cahill, ante, p. 320 [158 P.2d 393], where I expressed my views with respect to the interpretation which should be placed upon section 402 of the Vehicle Code, which views are applicable to the provisions of the Health and Safety Code here involved, and for these reasons the judgment, in my opinion, should be affirmed.