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PEOPLE v. SEMAAN

No. S139685.

64 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (2007)

42 Cal.4th 79

163 P.3d 949

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Youssef SEMAAN et al., Defendants; Elham Cherfan et al., Third Party Claimants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

August 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome D. Stark, Santa Ana, and Robert Klein, for Third Party Claimants and Appellants.

Grover Trask, District Attorney, and Elise J. Farrell, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

David R. LaBahn, Sacramento, for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

WERDEGAR, J.

Penal Code section 186.II,1 sometimes called the "Freeze and Seize Law,"2 permits the superior court in certain white collar criminal cases to take possession of assets under defendants' control and to preserve them for the payment of restitution. A person who claims an interest in frozen assets may seek their release by filing a verified claim with the superior court. (§ 186.11, subd. (e...

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