COMMONWEALTH v. ONE 1987 MERCURY COUGAR AUTOMOBILE


413 Mass. 534 (1992)

600 N.E.2d 571

COMMONWEALTH vs. ONE 1987 MERCURY COUGAR AUTOMOBILE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

October 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna J. Bertko for the claimant.

Walter J. Sullivan, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, (R. Michael Cassidy, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Commonwealth.

The claimant, pro se, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & GREANEY, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

This is a civil action in the nature of an equitable proceeding in rem brought by the Attorney General in the name of the Commonwealth for forfeiture of a 1987 Mercury Cougar automobile. See G.L.c. 94C, § 47 (d) (1990 ed.). The Commonwealth commenced this action on December 15, 1987, by filing a complaint in the Superior Court subsequent to the seizure of the automobile and the arrest of the claimant...

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