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BORGEN v. 418 EGLON AVE.

No. A05-1138.

712 N.W.2d 809 (2006)

Lisa N. BORGEN, Clay County Attorney, Respondent, v. 418 EGLON AVENUE and $1,230.00 U.S. Currency, Defendant, Santos Ramiro Martinez, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa N. Borgen, Clay County Attorney, Jenny M. Samarzja, Assistant County Attorney, Moorhead, MN, for respondent.

Craig E. Cascarano, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by SHUMAKER, Presiding Judge; LANSING, Judge; and HALBROOKS, Judge.

OPINION

HALBROOKS, Judge.

Appellant challenges the district court's order that he forfeit his house and any drug-related money found in the house as the result of execution of a search warrant. Appellant argues that the forfeiture is an unconstitutionally excessive fine and that the district court erred in finding that it met the gross-disproportionality and nexus tests. Because the forfeiture meets both the gross-disproportionality and the nexus tests,...

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