Commonwealth v. Funds in Merrill Lynch Account

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) petitions for review of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia (trial court) which ordered, following remand, that forfeited funds in the amount of $151,211.17, be returned to Rennick Peart (Defendant). Defendant has filed a cross-appeal arguing that the trial court erred in denying him statutory interest of 6% on the wrongfully withheld funds. We affirm.

Defendant was the owner of a store named “S & S Records” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following police surveillance and an undercover operation,…