PEOPLE v. $52,204.00 U.S.C.

No. 3-93-0026.

623 N.E.2d 959 (1993)

252 Ill. App.3d 778

191 Ill.Dec. 369

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $52,204.00 U.S.C. and an American Safe, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

November 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris D. Rouskey, argued, Rouskey & Kucinic, Joliet, for $52,204.00 and American Safe.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, James Glasgow, Will County State's Atty., Joliet, Lawrence Michael Kaschak, argued, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for People.


Justice STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

The claimant, David Hughes, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Will County which allowed the State's petition for forfeiture of $52,204 and an American Security safe. The court found the currency and the safe were the property of Ruben Hughes (Ruben), the claimant's son, and were subject to forfeiture. The trial court found probable cause existed to believe the currency was the proceeds of the illegal...

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