US v. Chittenden

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LORENE CHITTENDEN
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Gregory, Jan. 31, 2017,
Sixth Amendment- Pre-trial partial seizure of assets did not deprive the defendant of her right to choose counsel where there was no evidence that she was not able to obtain the representation she desired.
Vacated and remanded by USSC – remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for further consideration in light of Honeycutt v. United States, 581 U. S. ___ (2017). Summary here.
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Bottini v. Montgomery County

DANIELA BOTTINI, ET AL. v. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Watts, Oct. 7, 2016,
Forfeiture – Funds contained in a bank account are “money” for purposes of the forfeiture statute under CP 101(m)(1)(iv)

Dissent – Adkins- The bank account seized was an intangible personal property right, and filing for forfeiture should have occurred within 90 days of seizure
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