Barnes v. Commonwealth

NICKELL, JUDGE:

Lorenzo Barnes challenges an order entered by the Fayette Circuit Court on March 7, 2018. That order granted in part and denied in part, his motion for return of $6,719 in cash and a 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe seized from him during his arrest on a drug charge. Without the Commonwealth ever seeking forfeiture of the property-a fact admitted by the Commonwealth-and without a forfeiture hearing ever being convened, the trial court granted the Commonwealth's request to retain the property *169for application to a restitution order entered in a separate Fayette Circuit Court criminal case by…