Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. 1997 Chevrolet
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 17, 2014PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.
Elizabeth Young appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that granted the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s petition for the forfeiture of her home and her 1997 Chevrolet minivan. The trial court held that the forfeited property had facilitated the illegal sale of marijuana by Young’s son, who lived with her, and it rejected Young’s defense that she neither knew of nor consented to her son’s conduct. The trial court also rejected Young’s claim that the forfeiture of her home imposed an excessive fine for a criminal offense that…
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