Legal Opinion
Frail v. $24,900.00 in United States Currency
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1994No. 22223PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice:1
This case involves a civil forfeiture proceeding which was instituted against the appellants, Alejandro Palmero and Minerva Rivera, pursuant to the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act (WVCFA), W.Va. Code, 60A-7-701 et seq.
At approximately 8:20 p.m. on August 3, 1993, Alejandro Palmero was driving his 1989 Mazda on the West Virginia Turnpike in route from Cleveland, Ohio, to Florida.2 He was stopped by a State trooper for making an allegedly improper lane change. Palmero told Trooper First Class Samuel B. Lake of the West Virginia Department of Public Safety that his…
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- United States v. $38,000.00 in United States Currency, David English and Michael William English, Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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