PEOPLE v. $5,970 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 2-95-0483.

664 N.E.2d 1115 (1996)

279 Ill. App.3d 583

216 Ill.Dec. 187

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $5,970 UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant (Maurice Hood, Claimant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

May 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Ritacca, Ritacca & Potkonjak, Waukegan, for Maurice Hood, $5,970 U.S. Currency, Ritacca & Potkonjak.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Lisa Anne Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for the People.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant, Maurice Hood, appeals the circuit court's order forfeiting $5,970 pursuant to section 505(a)(5) of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act (Act) (720 ILCS 570/505(a)(5) (West 1994)). Claimant contends that (1) the trial court's order was against the manifest weight of the evidence because he presented evidence rebutting the statutory presumption that the currency was furnished or intended to be furnished...

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