U.S. v. BONVENTRE

Docket No. 12-3574-cv.

720 F.3d 126 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel BONVENTRE, Barbara Bonventre, Claimants-Appellants, $304,041.01 on Deposit at Citibank, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew L. Schwartz ( Justin S. Weddle , on the brief), Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel to Preet Bharara , United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andrew J. Frisch ( Jeremy B. Sporn , on the brief), The Law Offices of Andrew J. Frisch, 40 Fulton St., New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: WALKER, SACK, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

In United States v. Monsanto, 924 F.2d 1186 (2d Cir.1991) (en banc), we held that the Fifth and Sixth Amendments entitle a criminal defendant seeking to use restrained funds to hire counsel of choice to an adversarial, pre-trial hearing at which the court evaluates whether there is probable cause to believe (1) that the defendant committed the crimes that provide the basis for the forfeiture...

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