UNITED STATES v. (ONE) (1) 1971 CHEVROLET CORVETTE AUTO.

No. 73-3373.

496 F.2d 210 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. (ONE) (1) 1971 CHEVROLET CORVETTE AUTOMOBILE SERIAL NO. 194371S121113, Defendant, The First National Bank of Miami, Intervenor, Hilda Landeo de la Fe, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Feinberg, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Miami, Fla., for intervenor-appellant.

Robert N. Reynolds, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., C. Wesley Currier, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

J. T. Haley, Miami, Fla., for First Nat. Bank.

Before BELL, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

The court below ordered the automobile belonging to appellant-intervenor Hilda Landeo forfeited for violation of 49 U.S.C. § 781(a) (3), which makes unlawful the use of a vehicle "to facilitate the transportation, carriage, conveyance, concealment, receipt, possession, purchase, sale, barter, exchange, or giving away of any contraband article."1 Landeo admitted participating...

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