U.S. v. Monsanto, No. 88-454 (U.S. Supreme Court) (491 U.S. 600; 109 S.Ct. 2657) (June 22, 1989) (Justice White)
Case held the pre-trial restraint of a criminal defendant's assets, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. ยง 853, does not violate the defendant's constitutional rights to retain an attorney so long as assets are restrained based on a finding of probable cause.
This case is the companion to the Supreme Court's decision ...
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