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STATE EX REL. TUCUMCARI POLICE DEP'T V. ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE DOLLARS & NO/100 IN UNITED STATES
CURRENCY, 2000-NMCA-084, 129 N.M. 552, 10 P.3d 876

STATE OF NEW MEXICO ex rel. TUCUMCARI POLICE DEPARTMENT,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
vs.
ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE DOLLARS
AND NO/100 ($ 104,999.00) IN U.S. CURRENCY IN THE
POSSESSION OF VERA REBECCA WALTON AND CHARLES
B. JONES AND CLAIMED BY DARRELL
STRICKLAND, AND ALL UNKNOWN
CLAIMANTS OF INTEREST IN THE
PREMISES ADVERSE TO
PLAINTIFF,
Defendants-Appellants.

Docket No. 20,605
COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW MEXICO
2000-NMCA-084, 129 N.M. 552, 10 P.3d 876
July 20, 2000, Filed
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF QUAY COUNTY. RICKY D. PURCELL, District Judge.  
Released for Publication September 15, 2000. Certiorari Denied, No. 26,493, September 13, 2000.
COUNSEL
PATRICIA A. MADRID, Attorney General, ANN M. HARVEY, Ass't Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.
DEAN E. BORDER, BORDER LAW OFFICE, P.A., Tucumcari, NM, for Appellants.

JUDGES
LYNN PICKARD, Chief Judge. WE CONCUR: RICHARD C. BOSSON, Judge, RODERICK T. KENNEDY, Judge. AUTHOR: LYNN PICKARD

OPINION
PICKARD, Chief Judge.
{1} Darryl Strickland (Defendant) appeals from the trial court's judgment and order determining that money seized from his vehicle during a routine traffic stop is subject to forfeiture under the New Mexico Controlled Substances Act (the Act). See  NMSA 1978,

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