Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fontanez
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 15, 1996PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge.
Efraim Fontanez appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which denied his petition for the return of $2,650 in U.S. currency (the Currency) and granted the Commonwealth’s petition for forfeiture of the Currency as contraband pursuant to Sections 6801-6802 of the Judicial Code (hereinafter the Forfeiture Act).1
The relevant facts as found by the court of common pleas are as follows. On January 10, 1989, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Philadelphia Police Officer George Kieffer and his partner observed Fontanez driving a 1984 Ford van north on 5th Street…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Commonwealth v. KendrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Commonwealth v. Nineteen Hundred & Twenty Dollars United States CurrencyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MarshallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. $23,320.00 U.S. CurrencyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- In re Ten Thousand Six Hundred Eighty Dollars ($10,680.00)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. One Thousand Two Hundred & Twenty Dollars ($1,220.00) Cash, U.S.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
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