Legal Opinion
In re Property Seized Pursuant to Search Warrant Executed 37 East Broadway
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided November 2, 2011Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gerald Lebovits, J.*
On July 19, 2011, the New York City Police Department seized $202,627 during a warrant-authorized search of 37 East Broadway in New York County. Upon the execution of the search warrant, defendants Sau Lam, Bi-Ying Huang Tung Tak-Cheun, Xinf-Jing Young, Jun-Bao Zhang and Ren-We Zheng were arrested and prosecuted for misdemeanor crimes: unlawfully possessing, transporting and selling untaxed cigarettes in violation of Tax Law § 1814 (b). Because the defendants are charged with misdemeanor crimes, no state civil forfeiture proceeding is pending, planned,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dillon v. KimNew York Supreme Court · 1993
- In re Four Thousand One Hundred & Ninety Dollars, New York County Courts1996
- In re Five Thousand Seventy-Six Dollars Seized Pursuant to Search Warrant Log Number 436/2005New York Supreme Court · 2006