IN RE RETURN OF FORFEITED GOODS

Docket No. 103169, Calendar No. 6.

550 N.W.2d 782 (1996)

452 Mich. 659

In re RETURN OF FORFEITED GOODS. PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dale R. MIERZEJEWSKI, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Elwood L. Brown, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. Morris and Michael L. Hulewicz, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, Port Huron, for people.

McIntosh, McColl, Carson, McNamee, Strickler & Rickel by Nancy Bates Rickel, Fort Gratiot, for defendant.


RILEY, Justice.

This Court must decide whether the circuit court properly ordered the return of defendant's cash and jewelry after they were administratively forfeited pursuant to the controlled substances act.1 We hold that the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department fully complied with the act to effect a valid forfeiture. The circuit court was, therefore, without jurisdiction to review the...

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