United States Fourth Circuit
US v. MCHAN, 01-2060, 02-2067, 02-2090
An order forfeiting "substitute property" of defendant, convicted of drug trafficking, and his family is affirmed over claims of Due Process and Seventh Amendment violations, and assertions that the relation back principle of 21 U.S.C. section 853(c) prohibits the inclusion of certain property.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/29/2003
- Published 09/29/2003
Judges
- Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED:David Benjamin Smith, English & Smith, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellants. Thomas Richard Ascik, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.