Muir v. Bilderback
Annotate this CaseMissoula Police took into custody Bobby Bilderback, who was wanted in connection with a homicide case, and seized his Hummer vehicle. Missoula officers searched the Hummer pursuant to a warrant and found over $36,000 in cash and methamphetamine. The Missoula Chief of Police instituted this proceeding seeking forfeiture of the Hummer, the cash, and other items found during the search. Bilderback failed to appear at the forfeiture hearing, and the district court ordered forfeiture of the Hummer and the cash. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court (1) properly denied Bilderback’s motion to suppress the evidence seized pursuant to the search warrant executed on his Hummer vehicle; (2) properly denied Bilderback’s motion to dismiss the forfeiture proceeding for lack of personal service of the notice of the forfeiture hearing; and (3) properly denied Bilderback’s motion for summary judgment.
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