Stratemeyer v. State

WILNER, Chief Judge.

In Allen v. State, 91 Md.App. 775, 605 A.2d 994, cert. denied, State v. Threatt, 328 Md. 92, 612 A.2d 1315 (1992), we held that the forfeiture of a defendant’s motor vehicle pursuant to Md.Code art. 27, § 297, on the ground that the vehicle had been used to transport a controlled dangerous substance, did not constitute a punishment for purposes of Federal or State double jeopardy law and therefore did not preclude the State from prosecuting criminal charges against the defendant arising from the possession of that substance.

We are called upon now to reconsider that holding…