Commonwealth v. Smith

CAVANAUGH, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from the judgment of sentence and the order entered December 11, 1996, by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which denied a consent forfeiture order and applied appel-lee’s seized assets to pay appellee’s fine and court costs. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the order denying the consent forfeiture order, partially vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for proceedings consistent with this memorandum.

The relevant facts and procedural history of the matter are as follows: Appellee was charged by criminal information at No. CC…