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JONES v. GREENE

946 S.W.2d 817 (1996)

Freddie Lee JONES, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Michael C. GREENE, Commission, Tennessee Department of Safety, Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied May 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.E. Edwards, III, James A. Simmons, Nashville, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General and Reporter and Rebecca Lyford, Counsel to the State, Nashville, for Defendant/Appellee.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court May 5, 1997.

OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves over $45,000 seized during the search of a house in Memphis for illegal drugs. After the Commissioner of Safety ordered the forfeiture of the money, the person claiming the funds filed a petition for review in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the forfeiture statutes deprived him of his constitutional right...

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