Commonwealth v. $8006.00 U.S. Currency Seized

KELLEY, Judge.

The issue on appeal in this case is one of first impression: whether the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure governing discovery apply to forfeiture proceedings brought pursuant to the Forfeiture Act.1 We hold that the discovery rules found in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure are applicable to forfeiture proceedings.

Keith Stanley Carter, as claimant of Eight Thousand and Six Dollars, appeals the decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) granting the petition of forfeiture filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for failure of…