Legal Opinion
Leroy Washington v. Marion County Prosecutor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 26, 2019No. 17-2933PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Manion, Circuit Judge.
Indianapolis police stopped a car driven and owned by Leroy Washington in September 2016. Washington was arrested and ultimately charged with multiple Indiana crimes, including dealing in marijuana. Police seized his vehicle for forfeiture. Washington brought a class-action constitutional challenge. The district court declared Indiana's vehicle forfeiture statute ( I.C. 34-24-1-1(a)(1) read in conjunction with other provisions in the same chapter) unconstitutional. The Marion County Prosecutor appealed. While the appeal pended, Indiana amended the statute. The Prosecutor…
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