FREEMAN v. RESIDENCE AT 1215 E. 21ST ST.

No. C1-95-2635.

552 N.W.2d 275 (1996)

Michael O. FREEMAN, Hennepin County Attorney, Respondent, v. RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1215 EAST 21ST STREET, MINNEAPOLIS, HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minnesota (Owner: Russell Marvin Swart), Appellant, Michael O. FREEMAN, Hennepin County Attorney, Plaintiff, v. ONE 1981 AMERICAN VEHICLE, MINNESOTA LICENSE No. 027ELH VIN 1AMCA0585BK180544; et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied October 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, St. Paul, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Gayle C. Hendley, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, for Respondent.

Timothy J. Hickman, Voss, Goetz & Hickman, P.A., Minneapolis, for Appellant.

Considered and decided by HUSPENI, P.J., and CRIPPEN and SCHUMACHER, JJ.


OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Russell Swart, owner of appellant property, challenges the trial court's determination that the civil forfeiture of his property does not constitute double jeopardy. We affirm.

FACTS

After extensive surveillance led police to suspect drug activity on appellant residential property, police entered the residence and found a package of heroin carrying a street value between $12,000 and $96,000. Russell Swart, who owned...

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