People v. Ten Thousand One Hundred Fifty Three Dollars and Thirty Eight Cents In US Currency, No. B205875
In forfeiture proceedings related to $10,153.38 seized by police at the time of defendant's arrest for drug related crimes, trial court's order of forfeiture is reversed and remanded as, construing the forfeiture statute strictly, the People's failure to try the forfeiture proceeding in conjunction with the underlying criminal case precluded entry of an order of forfeiture.
Appellate Information
Filed December 11, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Klein
Counsel
For Appellant: Law Offices of John F. Schuck and John F. Schuck
For Appellee: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson and Mary Sanchez, Deputy Attorneys General