U.S. v. $95,945.18, U.S. CURRENCY

No. 90-7003.

913 F.2d 1106 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $95,945.18, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal of Carlton Lee BAXTER, Claimant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1990.

As Amended October 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Vernon Laughrun, II, Goodman, Carr, Nixon & Laughrun, Charlotte, N.C., for defendant-appellant.

B. Frederic Williams, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., argued (Thomas J. Ashcraft, U.S. Atty., Charlotte, N.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Claimant Carlton Lee Baxter challenges the grant of summary judgment entered by the district court permitting the forfeiture of $95,945.18 to the United States. 727 F.Supp. 242. Finding that the government had probable cause to believe that the seized cash was being used to finance a cocaine transaction, and that the claimant has not come forward with an innocent...

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