Court Opinion

ID: 9769983
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 15:10:09.880317+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:09.606518
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S SECOND MOTION FOR REHEARING
Since the rendition of our original and amended opinion herein, our attention has been directed to the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Cooper v. State of California, 386 U.S. 58, 87 S.Ct. 788, 17 L.Ed.2d 730.
Texas has a statute similar to Sec. 11611 of the California Health and Safety Code (Article 725d, Sec. 2, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.) which authorizes a vehicle which is being used in the unlawful transportation of narcotics to be seized and forfeited to the Texas Department of Public Safety in accordance with the terms of such Article. See also Abrams v. State, Ga., 154 S.E.2d 443.
In addition to what we said in our prior opinion, we now adopt the reasoning of the Supreme Court in overruling appellant’s second motion for rehearing.
It is so ordered.