Commonwealth v. One 1972 Chevrolet Van

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “it appears jury trials were provided in forfeiture cases at the time the Constitution of the Commonwealth was adopted.”
• While a forfeiture is both punitive and remedial, it is a deprivation of property under Art. XII and, therefore, a jury trial must be afforded
• right to jury trial existed at common law and preserved by state constitution
• “[forfeiture is punitive because it results in total loss of the property”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).