$345.00 in United States Currency v. District of Columbia

This appeal is from a judgment in a forfeiture action pursuant to D.C.Code § 33-552(a)(6) (1987 Supp.), ordering $345.00 forfeited to the District of Columbia. Appellant’s primary contention on appeal is that the evidence presented by the government at trial was insufficient to support the judgment of forfeiture. 2 We affirm.

I

The government’s evidence showed that on January 7, 1985, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Officers James Whitaker, Jr., and Curtis Jones of the Metropolitan Police Department sat in an unmarked police vehicle conducting routine narcotics surveillance in the area of 17th and…