UNITED STATES v. $83,320 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY

No. 80-1834.

682 F.2d 573 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($83,320) IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND FORTY DOLLARS ($40) IN CANADIAN CURRENCY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Feaster, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Richard A. Rossman, U. S. Atty., Michele Coleman Mayes, Lynn Richardson, Asst. U. S. Attys., Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ENGEL, Circuit Judge, PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of District Judge Ralph B. Guy, Jr., ordering forfeiture to the United States of $83,320 in U.S. currency and $40 in Canadian currency. This currency was seized on June 13, 1979, from the home of the claimant, George Casey, after his arrest and the execution of a search warrant at his home in connection with narcotics violations.

Casey later entered a plea of guilty to a charge of engaging in...

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