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IN RE FORFEITURE OF $5,264

Docket No. 82253, (Calendar No. 7).

432 Mich. 242 (1989)

439 N.W.2d 246

In re FORFEITURE OF $5,264

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, Carl J. Marlinga, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert John Berlin, Chief Appellate Lawyer, and Edward L. Graham, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the plaintiff.

O'Dea & Jamnik, P.C. (by P. Kelly O'Dea), for the defendant.

RILEY, C.J.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether a store building which was allegedly used to facilitate the sale of a controlled substance may be forfeited pursuant to MCL 333.7521(1)(f); MSA 14.15(7521)(1)(f). Drawing upon the plain language and legislative history of § 7521(1)(f) as well as the public policy of the controlled substances act, MCL 333.7101 et seq.; MSA 14.15(7101) et seq., we hold that the Legislature intended to allow...

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