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105 Ariz. 293

State v. Lewis

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1970

Arizona Supreme Court · decided 1970-01-15

Relies on 7 Ariz. App. 210 - State v. Cutshaw

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Decided 1970-01-15

How this case has been cited

Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 1999 · most notably Sellinger v. Freeway Mobile Home Sales, Inc. (1974), State v. Rice (1973)

27 state decisions

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STRUCKMEYER, Vice Chief Justice

¶1(concurring).

¶2I wish to make it plain why I am in agreement with Justice McFarland in the disposition of this case. A.R.S. § 36-1041 et seq. superficially purports to confiscate the property of the innocent because of the criminal acts of others. It is penal in nature since it punishes those who, without more, permit others to use their property. Those authorities which support the proposition that an owner’s interest in a vehicle may be forfeited without criminal knowledge or design enunciate a doctrine which, in my opinion, is incompatible with the mobile civilization that we live in today. This statute should not be construed to punish acts “which completely innocent and well meaning people may do.” See State v. Cutshaw, 7 Ariz.App. 210, 437 P.2d 962.

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