Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas JUDGMENT No. 04-21-00044-CV $14,832.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY and one (1) 2010 Mercedes and certain property, Appellants v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee From the 131st Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2017-CI-17767 Honorable Cynthia Marie Chapa, Judge Presiding BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE MARTINEZ, JUSTICE RIOS, AND JUSTICE VALENZUELA In accordance with this court’s opinion of this date, the trial court’s order is AFFIRMED.

No costs of appeal are taxed in this case because the person from whom the property was seized, Serge L. Hiden, is indigent. 1 SIGNED April 27, 2022.

_____________________________ Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice

In forfeiture proceedings, the defendant is the seized property, but the complaining party on appeal, the claimant, is the person from whom the property was seized. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 59.04(j); see also State v. $217,590.00 in U.S. Currency, 18 S.W.3d 631, 632 (Tex. 2000).