Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. $32,950.00 U.S. Currency Seized From Safe Deposit Box No. 437 Meridian Bank
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 18, 1993No. 2422 C.D. 1992PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.
Claire Friel (Claire) appeals from an opinion and order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) which denied her petition for return of property in the form of $32,950.00 in currency and granted the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s (Commonwealth) petition for forfeiture of the money pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6801-6802, *60commonly known as the Controlled Substances Forfeiture Act (Act). We affirm.
The facts giving rise to this forfeiture proceeding are as follows. On November 29, 1989, narcotics officers assigned to the Drug Enforcement…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. DoranzoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by16 opinions
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