United States v. Betancourt-Perez, No. 14-1175 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseAppellant pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The government filed a complaint for forfeiture in rem against jewelry seized while executing a search warrant on Appellant’s apartment, alleging that the jewelry was subject to civil forfeiture because it was linked to Appellant’s illegal drug activity. The district court granted summary judgment for the government and ordered the jewelry forfeited. The First Circuit vacated the judgment of the district court, holding that the government failed to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, a link between the jewelry and Appellant’s drug activities.
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