Legal Opinion
One 1995 Toyota Pick-Up Truck v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 1, 1998No. 96-CV-1494PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Claimant Braulio Esparza solicited a supposed prostitute (actually an undercover police officer) in violation of D.C.Code § 22-2701(a) (1996). As a first offender, he was subject to a maximum statutory penalty of $300 but was fined $150. The appeal before us is from an in rem civil forfeiture action brought under the Safe Streets Forfeiture Act of 1992, D.C.Code § 22-2723 (1996), against the truck from which Esparza accomplished the solicitation.
The primary question presented is whether the forfeiture of the truek, valued at $15,-500, violates the Excessive Fines…
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