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STATE v. ONE LOT OF $8,560

Nos. 94-655 to 94-660-Appeal.

670 A.2d 772 (1996)

STATE v. ONE LOT OF $8,560 in U.S. CURRENCY et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Astrachan, Special Asst. Atty. General, for Plaintiff.

David Ciccilline, for Defendant.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Chief Justice.

These six consolidated cases1 come before us on a certified question presented by a justice of the Superior Court. The question reads as follows:

"Whether Double Jeopardy's ban on multiple punishments prohibits the State of Rhode Island from pursuing the civil forfeiture of suspected proceeds of illegal drug transactions, which proceeds are claimed by the individual previously convicted...

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