United States Seventh Circuit

Forfeiture of marital home under 18 USC 982, where convicted defendant and his innocent spouse owned a Florida home as tenants in the entirety, and the home was never connected to any of the criminal activity for which defendant was convicted, was improper.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/19/2000
• Decided 11/07/2000
• Published 11/07/2000

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before WOOD, Jr., KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark A. Feldman, Columbus, OH, for Claimant-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Estaban F. Sanchez,K. Tate Chambers (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Neil J. Bruntrager, St. Louis, MO, Michael A. Gross (argued), St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.