COM. v. BURKE

No. 555 C.D. 2011

49 A.3d 542 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. David Ferdinand BURKE. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. $8,240 U.S. Currency. Appeal of: David Ferdinand Burke.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest D. Preate, Jr. , Scranton, for appellant.

Andrea F. McKenna , Senior Deputy Attorney General, Harrisburg, for appellee.

BEFORE: COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge (P), and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

In this statutory appeal, David Ferdinand Burke (Burke) asks whether the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) erred in granting the forfeiture petition of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) under the act commonly known as the Controlled Substances Forfeiture Act (Forfeiture Act), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6801-6802. Burke contends the trial court erred in determining a nexus existed between the $8,240 in cash discovered...

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