VASILE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 6309.

296 A.2d 443 (1972)

Manuel Rocco VASILE, One 1969 Lincoln Automobile, D.C. Reg. 629-806 Serial No. 9Y89A853838, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Stein, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Earl A. Gershenow, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KERN and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal by the owner of a 1969 Lincoln Continental from a judgment of forfeiture of that auto to the District of Columbia in a libel action under D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1505(c) (Supp. V, 1972).

Pursuant to a search warrant, a police officer searched the above car, then operated by appellant Vasile,1 at 20th Street and Florida Avenue, N.W., in this...

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