Commonwealth v. 1997 Chevrolet

*872CONCURRING OPINION by

President Judge PELLEGRINI.

While I join in the well-reasoned majority opinion, I write separately to address the issue of whether the Commonwealth must meet its burden to forfeit property by “clear and convincing” evidence or merely by the “preponderance of the evidence” standard of proof.

I acknowledge that it is not necessary to address this issue because of the way that this case has been resolved, and I also understand that we do not normally address issues not before us, even constitutional issues. However, we asked the parties to address this issue in their briefs…