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U.S. v. COUGHLAN

No. 87-3111.

842 F.2d 737 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven Neal COUGHLAN, Party in Interest-Appellant, and One 1984 Mercury Cougar VIN: 1MEBP92FOEA636153, Its Tools and Appurtenances, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley E. Baritz, Rockville, Md., for party in interest-appellant.

Glenda Gordon, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Susan M. Ringler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUSSELL, PHILLIPS, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

After pleading guilty to the possession and distribution of cocaine, Steven Coughlan testified to a grand jury regarding his supplier. During his testimony, he answered the government's questions concerning the model and color of the car he used in the cocaine sale that led to his arrest and guilty plea. A month later, the government introduced his testimony in this civil forfeiture proceeding to establish probable cause to forfeit the car. The...

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