One 1984 Ford Truck Vin 1FTCF15F1ENA87898 v. Baltimore County

WILNER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a civil forfeiture action against appellant’s vehicle, which was used to transport and facilitate the sale of illegal drugs. Appellant complains that, because he was previously convicted of and sentenced to incarceration for the underlying drug offense, the forfeiture of his truck constitutes a second punishment for the same offense in violation of the law against double jeopardy.

We recently had occasion to review this very issue in Stratemeyer v. State, 107 Md.App. 420, 668 A.2d 948 (1995). In that case, relying on a recent trilogy of Supreme Court…