In Re Forfeiture of United States Currency

This appeal is from an order for the forfeiture of certain currency in favor of the prosecutor pursuant to MCL 333.7521 et seq.; MSA 14.15(7521) et seq. The order resulted from a bench trial conducted by Wayne Circuit Judge Richard D. Dunn. Parties in interest include Randall Upshaw, who the prosecutor claims earned the money through illegal drug transactions, his mother, Muriel Parker, in whose purse the money was found, and Vivian Turner, Upshaw’s live-in girl friend, who Parker initially claimed gave her the money. The prosecutor cross-appeals from the denial of an order of forfeiture…