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UNITED STATES v. ONE 1977 CHEROKEE JEEP, VIN J7A17MP116712

No. 80-1121.

639 F.2d 212 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONE 1977 CHEROKEE JEEP, VIN J7A17MP116712, Bonnie Jones Lopez, David Lopez, Jr., Richard L. Lopez, Bonnie Lindan Lopez, and Daniel Dario Lopez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

March 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox Jones, Kyle B. Welch, McAllen, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Jamie C. Boyd, U.S. Atty., Jeremiah Handy, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN and GARZA, Circuit Judges and SPEARS, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a forfeiture, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881, of a Cherokee Jeep used for the transportation of illegal drugs. Appellants, the widow and children of the offender, contend that because their husband and father died intestate during the commission of the offense, his community property interest in the vehicle passed to them prior to the initiation of the contested forfeiture proceeding....

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