IN RE $27,440

No. 3-87-0049.

164 Ill. App.3d 44 (1987)

517 N.E.2d 704

In re TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS (The People ex rel. Edward F. Petka, State's Attorney of Will County, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Twenty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Forty Dollars, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed December 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Masters, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Walter P. Hehner, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for appellant.

Hubert E. Hermanek, Jr., of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

The State brought this action in the circuit court of Will County as a complaint for forfeiture of $27,440 in United States currency pursuant to section 505 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 56 1/2, par. 1505) (the Act). The currency was claimed by Isabelle Vasquez, a Columbian native. The court, after hearing the matter, denied the complaint and...

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