Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Part II

Forfeiture of Contraband, Part II   To answer when your seized property can be returned, it is useful to turn the question on its head and ask when can the State keep property that is has seized from the Accused?   When the State Can Keep the Property (i.e....

Cash Rules Everything Around Me

Forfeiture of Contraband, Part I   Suppose police execute a search warrant of your home, and find $3,500 cash tucked away in a dresser, along with a scale and individually bagged quantities of methamphetamine. Police seize the scale, the meth, and—to your surprise—the...