Legal Opinion
United States v. $252,300.00 in United States Currency
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 30, 2007No. 06-3164PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
The government brought this civil in rem forfeiture action pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) seeking forfeiture of $252,300 in U.S. currency. Section 881(a)(6) authorizes forfeiture of all proceeds traceable to a controlled-substance exchange and all monies used or intended to be used to facilitate such an exchange. Kansas Highway Patrol troopers found the money hidden in a locked compartment under the sleeper area of a semi tractor-trailer truck driven by claimant Levonzell Nowden. After a bench trial, the district court 1 entered a judgment forfeiting the currency to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. Kenneth Wayne BeckCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Funds in the Amount of Thirty Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Dollars ($30,670.00), Antonio Calhoun, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. $174,206.00 in U.S. Currency, Thomas Richard, Dacia LoveCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. One Lot of U.S. Currency ($36,634)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Deschenes v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2008
- United States v. BurkleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
- $43,774.00 U.S. Currency v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2008
- United States v. Currency, U.S., $147,900.00Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2011
- United States v. $21,055.00 in United States CurrencyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 2011
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