U.S. v. Cretacci, No. 94-10235 (9th Cir.) (62 F.3d 307) (August 4, 1995) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt)
Case held that an administrative forfeiture of unclaimed property does not constitute "punishment" and thus a criminal prosecution following an administrative forfeiture of such property does not offend the Double Jeopardy Clause.
The issue in this case, as framed by the court was whether the administrative forfeiture of unclaimed property …
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