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Limon v. State

Citations

  • 685 S.W.2d 515
  • 285 Ark. 166
  • 1985 Ark. LEXIS 1859

How courts have described this case

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  • holding money found on shelf in bathroom and in kitchen drawer was in close proximity to drugs in bathroom and drug paraphernalia on kitchen table
  • holding money found on shelf in bathroom and in kitchen drawer was in close proximity to drugs in bathroom and drug paraphernalia on kitchen table
  • holding that “in close proximity” in the Arkansas forfeiture statute means “very near” and concluding that cash found in plastic bags in different rooms of a house were close enough to drugs and drug paraphernalia to be presumed subject to forfeiture
  • construing statute which provides that money found in close proximity to forfeitable articles is presumed to be forfeited
  • finding “close proximity” means “very near” and should therefore be determined on a case by case basis
  • The meaning of close proximity is to be made on a case-by-case basis and is not subject to “rigid rules”

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Judges: George Rose Smith

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