OPINION
DRAUGHN, Justice (Assigned).
Appellant, James H. Baucom, contends the trial court erred in denying him habeas corpus relief. The constitutional issue he raises is a familiar and current one: whether a civil judgment of forfeiture constitutes a bar to later prosecution for a criminal offense on the basis of double jeopardy. The items civilly forfeited by appellant were a pickup truck, a hand gun, and some digital scales. He was charged with the criminal...
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