Legal Opinion
United States v. Sixty Acres, More or Less With Improvements, Located in Etowah County
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided January 5, 1990No. Civ. A. 89-AR-0348-MPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ACKER, District Judge.
This is a forfeiture proceeding instituted by the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(7) against sixty (60) acres owned by claimant, Evelyn Charlene Ellis. Initially, the parties demanded a trial by jury, but before a jury could be selected they both waived their right to jury trial, and the court proceeded to hear testimony and to receive written evidence at a bench trial.
The United States first offered evidence to meet its burden of proving the existence of “probable cause” for believing that Mrs. Ellis’ sixty acres was substantially…
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