United States Fourth Circuit

Grant of government's motion for forfeiture of substitute assets is affirmed where: 1) the government did not waive its right to seize substitute assets and the statutory scheme mandated forfeiture; 2) the Sixth Amendment does not apply to forfeiture orders; and 3) the government established the prerequisites necessary to forfeit substitute assets.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/24/2006
• Decided 06/26/2006
• Published 06/26/2006

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Tonya Lynn Mitchell, Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Gordon Dean Kromberg, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  James P. McLoughlin, Jr., Alton L. Gwaltney, III, Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, North Carolina;  Stanley L. Cohen, New York, New York, for Appellant.  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Steven P. Ward, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.