United States Second Circuit

With respect to real property, the use of the term "property" in the criminal forfeiture statute, 21 U.S.C. section 853, refers to defendant's interest in the land.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/24/2004
• Decided 12/29/2004
• Published 12/29/2004

Judges

• MESKILL, Circuit Judge., Before:  MESKILL, MINER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Evan Wiederkehr, White Plains, N.Y. (DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Tartaglia Wise & Wiederkehr, White Plains, NY, of counsel), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel S. Ruzumna, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York City (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney, Gary Stein, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York City, of counsel), for Appellee.