[DOWNLOAD] "Pacheco v. United States" by 2004 United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August Term # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Pacheco v. United States
- Author : 2004 United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August Term
- Release Date : January 29, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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This appeal requires us to determine the extent of the governments interest in real property forfeited to it by a criminal defendant. In particular, our question is whether, with respect to real property, the use of the term "property" in the criminal forfeiture statute, 21 U.S.C. § 853, refers to a parcel of land or to the defendants interest in that land, where the two are not the same. Because we conclude that a criminal defendant can only be made to forfeit what was his in the first place, we adopt the latter interpretation.