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PEOPLE v. $497,590 UNITED STATES CURRENCY

Docket No. B097410.

58 Cal.App.4th 145 (1997)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. $497,590 UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant; JAVIER GIRARDO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

October 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peter N. Priamos for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, and Jeffrey J. Koch, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

In this forfeiture action we are asked to decide whether substantial evidence demonstrates a nexus between the funds seized at a private home and narcotics transactions in order to justify forfeiture of the funds. We conclude several circumstances in combination are more than enough to establish the required nexus and thus affirm.

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