A decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that found the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment bars excessive fines sent tremors through legal and law enforcement circles last week over civil asset forfeiture, but the impact could be limited in Georgia.

An attorney with the Virginia-based Institute for Justice who represented appellant Tyson Timbs, hailed the decision in Timbs v. Indiana as groundbreaking for the targets of civil forfeiture. The practice has united critics across the political spectrum who decry it as a tactic too often used to raise revenue from people often charged with minor offenses, acquitted or never prosecuted.