UNITED STATES v. ONE 1971 MERCEDES BENZ, ETC.

No. 73-1801.

542 F.2d 912 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. ONE 1971 MERCEDES BENZ 2-DOOR COUPE, SERIAL NO. 11304412023280, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl P. Fogel, Rockville, Md., for appellant.

Elsie M. Powell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge, and HADEN, District Judge.


HADEN, District Judge:

This is an appeal prosecuted by the owner from a final order of the District Court in which forfeiture of a 1971 Mercedes Benz was awarded to the government.

On March 6, 1972, Herbert P. Suskind, the owner of the forfeited vehicle, drove Dale Herbert Sutherland to National Airport, Alexandria, Virginia, where the two were arrested by agents of the secret service for possession of an attache case containing a very large amount of counterfeit...

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