Commonwealth v. One 1985 Ford Thunderbird Automobile

The Commonwealth brought an action in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 94C, § 47 (d) (1992 ed.), seeking forfeiture of the above automobile on the ground that it was used to transport marihuana seeds. The claimant, Mark L. Salvucci, filed a motion in limine, to exclude from the forfeiture trial evidence indicating that, on June 19, 1991, marihuana plants were growing on the bottom of an unfilled swimming pool in the backyard of a house at 2 Spring Lane in Framingham. The claimant maintained that the evidence concerning the marihuana plants should be excluded because it was the product…