United States Fifth Circuit

Forfeiture of defendant's airplane, pursuant to his guilty plea conviction for operation of an unregistered aircraft, is affirmed where the forfeiture is not grossly disproportional to his offense, and thus is not a violation of the Excessive Fines Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/28/2004
• Published 10/28/2004

Judges

• GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Cristina Walker, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert L. Depper, Jr. (argued), El Dorado, AR, for Defendant-Appellant.