Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. $23,320.00 U.S. Currency
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1999PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Lludin Palmer, Richard Myers and Michael Gibson (Appellants) appeal from an order of the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas that granted the Commonwealth’s petition for the forfeiture of $23,-320 in United States currency confiscated during a traffic stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike from a vehicle driven by Myers. Appellants present three issues for the Court’s review: whether the Commonwealth produced sufficient evidence that the cash seized is related to a crime to justify forfeiture; whether the trial court erred in drawing a negative inference from Gibson’s assertion of…
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- Austin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. BajakajianSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Commonwealth v. LandySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Hall v. VanderpoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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