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PEOPLE v. $30,700.00 U.S. CURRENCY

No. 1-99-1496.

736 N.E.2d 137 (2000)

316 Ill. App.3d 464

249 Ill.Dec. 295

The PEOPLE ex rel. Richard A. DEVINE, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. $30,700.00 UNITED STATES CURRENCY, $20,811.00 United States Currency, Defendants (Rashawn Carter and Ida Carter, Petitioners-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. McLenachen, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb and William D. Carroll, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioners, Rashawn Carter and Ida Carter, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County, entering the forfeiture of two sums of United States currency, for a total sum of $51,511. On appeal, petitioners contend that the forfeiture order was void for lack of notice. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the trial court.

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