IN RE FORFEITURE OF $176,598

Docket No. 93248, (Calendar No. 1).

443 Mich. 261 (1993)

505 N.W.2d 201

In re FORFEITURE OF $176,598

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Andrea L. Solak, Chief, Special Operations, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Mary Sue Czarnecki, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Ben M. Gonek for the claimant.


MALLETT, J.

We must determine whether the Court of Appeals erroneously reversed a trial court's denial of a forfeiture claimant's motion for summary disposition. Because the police officers' entry of the claimant's residence was constitutional pursuant to the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement, we reverse and remand to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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