COM. v. $259.00 CASH U.S. CURRENCY


860 A.2d 228 (2004)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. $259.00 CASH U.S. CURRENCY. Appeal of Jonathan M. Cornish.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 18, 2004.

As Amended October 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Cornish, appellant, pro se.

Alisa R. Hobart and Mark C. Baldwin, Reading, for appellee.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Judge, and LEADBETTER, Judge, and JUBELIRER, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

Jonathan M. Cornish (Cornish) appeals a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court) to grant the Commonwealth's petition for forfeiture of property under the act commonly known as the Controlled Substances Forfeitures Act (Forfeiture Act), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6801-6802. At issue is $259 that was found on Cornish along with a packet of heroin when he was arrested for possession of a controlled substance.

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