Commonwealth v. 1978 Toyota

WICKERSHAM, Judge:

In this case Oliver T. Bell, Jr., appeals from an order of the York County Court of Common Pleas directing that Bell’s car be forfeited to the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth filed a petition for forfeiture; Bell answered the petition and filed a motion for summary judgment. A hearing was held before the Honorable James E. Buckingham, who denied Bell’s motion for summary judgment. After hearing testimony about the events which provided the grounds for the Commonwealth’s forfeiture petition Judge Buckingham granted the petition. This appeal timely followed.

At the hearing a…