PROP. CLERK v. SMALL


153 Misc.2d 673 (1992)

Property Clerk, New York City Police Department, Petitioner, v. Nicholson Small, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Bronx County.

March 12, 1992


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Stadtmauer for petitioner. Nicholson Small, respondent pro se.


LEWIS R. FRIEDMAN, J.

Law enforcement officials have moved toward increased reliance on civil forfeiture statutes to aid "the war on crime." The forfeiture concept is justified on many different bases but, in the minds of most of those involved with law enforcement, the main advantage of forfeitures is that they make criminal offenses financially expensive so as to deter those who would engage in similar activity...

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