Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. One 1999 Honda Accord Automobile, VIN: 1HGCG1656XA042132

Massachusetts Superior Court

Decided September 9, 2009No. 091969Published

1Opinion of the Court

Billings, Thomas P., J.

The claimants, Roberto Cordones-Rodríguez (Cordones) and Franklin Diaz (Diaz), seek the return of $10,040 furnished by Diaz to the Woburn Police Department to secure the bail of Cordones. For the following reasons, the claimants’ motion is ALLOWED.

FACTS

This is an asset forfeiture action under G.L.c. 94C, §47. To the Complaint are attached the affidavit of Lt. Robert Rufo of the Woburn Police, together with a report of the Southern Middlesex Regional Drug Task Force which the Rufo affidavit incorporates by reference. The report describes an investigation into drug…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Illinois v. CaballesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  3. United States v. $250,000 in United States Currency, (Two Cases) Appeal of Amador Rodriguez-Ramos (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  4. United States v. Funds in the Amount of Thirty Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($30,670.00), Antonio Calhoun, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. U.S. Currency, $30,060.00, Albert Joseph Alexander, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994

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