Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. $1,800 U.S. Currency
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 24, 1996PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NARICK, Senior Judge.
Carl Owens (Owens) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court), which denied his petition to strike off and/or open default judgment, wherein Owens sought to vacate a forfeiture order issued by the trial court in 1993. We affirm.
The facts giving rise to Owens’ petition are as follows. On May 4, 1993, the Commonwealth filed a petition for the forfeiture of $1,800.00 seized at Owens’ residence, pursuant to the execution of a search warrant for illegal drugs. In its petition, the Commonwealth alleged that, on at least two occasions,…
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