Commonwealth v. Coffey

Opinion of the Court by

Justice NOBLE.

The single issue on appeal in this case is whether the bare title holder of a vehicle, which is in fact under the dominion and control of a defendant who used the vehicle for drug trafficking, is the “owner” of the vehicle for purposes of forfeiture pursuant to KRS 218A.410(h)(2). While the parties’ briefs misname the defendant below, Barry Coffey, as the Appellant in this action, he is actually the Appellee, along with his sister, Geralean Anderson. Given the purpose of the forfeiture statute relat*909ing to substance abuse issues, this Court finds that the…