Legal Opinion

Property Clerk of New York City Police Department v. Velez

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 17, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Alice Schlesinger, J.), entered on or about January 26, 1993, which in a civil forfeiture proceeding pursuant to Administrative Code of the City of New York § 14-140, denied the application and directed petitioner to return the subject automobile to respondent, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court’s finding that respondent did not use or suffer the use of her car to further the crime of drug possession was not against the weight of the evidence. The placement of the drugs on the tailpipe of the car was without respondent’s knowledge as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Habenicht v. R. K. O. Theatres, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
  2. Carson v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  3. People v. AnonymousNassau County District Court · 1970

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