Legal Opinion
United States v. Renee Hooper Michelle Ralph, Dana M. Hooper Paul William Ralph
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 12, 2000No. 99-50233, 99-50238PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Renee Hooper and Michelle Ralph (“Claimants”) are wives of two men who pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking offenses. Their husbands’ sentences included forfeiture of various assets, including the proceeds of drug sales and property purchased with those proceeds. See 21 U.S.C. § 853(a)(1). Claimants contested the criminal forfeiture, contending that as spouses they innocently acquired a fifty percent community property interest in the proceeds of their husbands’ trafficking, and that this interest was not subject to forfeiture. The district court denied their claim,…
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