COM. v. REAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS


890 A.2d 35 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. The REAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 5444 SPRUCE STREET, PHILADELPHIA and Elizabeth A. Lewis. Appeal of: Elizabeth A. Lewis.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Keller, Philadelphia, for appellant, Elizabeth Lewis.

Jonathan M. Levy, Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY President Judge COLINS.

Before this Court, for the third time, Elizabeth Lewis appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County sustaining the forfeiture of Lewis's residence. After remand from the Supreme Court, the trial court took evidence as to the value of Lewis's residence and concluded that the forfeiture was not grossly disproportional to the gravity of the offense.

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