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COMMONWEALTH v. $5,000 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 235-M of 1990.

9 Pa. D. & C. 4th 38 (1990)

Commonwealth v. $5,000 in U.S. Currency

Common Pleas Court of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

October 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Tomsho, deputy district attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Leighton Cohen, for defendant Nancy Bernstein.

BACKENSTOE, P.J., October 17, 1990.

On December 4, 1978, Sanford Bernstein was arrested and charged with the crime of criminal solicitation after he attempted to hire a "hit man" to kill his wife. He was convicted of the crime in September 1979, and despite numerous appeals, the conviction was never overturned. For the purposes of this forfeiture proceeding, Mr. Bernstein has agreed that the court may accept as proven that the $5,000 at

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