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UNITED STATES v. $10,000 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 32, Docket No. 85-6088.

780 F.2d 213 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $10,000 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY; $26,900 In United States Currency; Two Gold Bars Stamped 8 Oz. 999.9 Fine, Serial Nos. C537246 and C428957; and One 18K Gold Identification Bracelet With No Inscription, Defendants, Antonia Vega, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt F. Zimmermann, Asst. U.S. Atty., D. of Connecticut, New Haven, Conn. (Alan H. Nevas, U.S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee.

David A. Moraghan, Torrington, Conn. (Joseph F. Keefe, Smith & Keefe, Torrington, Conn., of counsel) for claimant-appellant.

Before MANSFIELD, CARDAMONE, and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal addresses the troublesome issue presented when objects not particularly described in a search warrant and neither stolen nor contraband are seized in the course of an otherwise legitimate search. The question raised is whether the seizure of this property, constituting proceeds of illegal narcotics transactions, during the execution of a valid search warrant violated appellant's Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches...

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