Property Clerk of New York City Police Department v. Negron

Judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County (Eugene L. Nardelli, J.), entered on or about October 17, 1988, which dismissed the petition for forfeiture of property and ordered the return of the subject vehicle to respondent, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the matter remanded to Supreme Court for a hearing regarding disposition of the seized property.

On June 28, 1988, respondent was observed by an undercover police officer purchasing a "pink plastic tin foil bag” in a known, drug-prone location. Respondent was apprehended by members of the undercover officer’s backup…