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STATE v. HAMMAD

No. 95-2669.

212 Wis.2d 343 (1997)

569 N.W.2d 68

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Eyad H. HAMMAD, Defendant-Appellant. ONE 1986 BMW 2-DOOR, VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WBAAB5401C9691032, Defendant-(In T.Ct.).

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Andrew M. Spheeris of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Maureen McGlynn Flanagan, assistant attorney general.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Curley, JJ.

CURLEY, J.

Eyad H. Hammad appeals from a civil forfeiture order confiscating his automobile and from an order denying his motion for reconsideration. Hammad argues that the forfeiture action violated the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Although Hammad is correct that the forfeiture of his vehicle implicates the protections guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause, we conclude that, after applying...

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