Families of Manito v. City of Spokane

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• in practice, claimant's motion for return of property is simply \mirror image\ of forfeiture action under Forfeiture Act
• Under Rule 588, the aggrieved party first must establish lawful possession of the property, and the burden then shifts to the Commonwealth to prove the property is contraband
• “... where the property has been declared forfeitable under a criminal or quasi-criminal statute, the nature of the forfeiture proceeding itself is nevertheless in rem and is, therefore, a civil proceeding.”

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