People Ex Rel. Birkett v. 1998 Chevrolet Corvette

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• concluding that the claimant “did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he qualified as an innocent owner” because he did not satisfy all of the pertinent conditions of section 8
• observing that trial court “is best suited to evaluate” testimony of witnesses and to draw reasonable inferences therefrom
• stating that the trial court is in the best position in a forfeiture proceeding to evaluate the testimony of the witnesses and to draw inferences from the evidence
• discussing whether a father, who held title to the subject vehicle, or daughter, who purchased the vehicle and maintained dominion and control over the vehicle, was the true owner of the vehicle for the purposes of the innocent-owner exemption
• a party buying a car with her own funds is evidence she is “the true owner” even if another person “ostensibly retained some minimal interest as its titleholder.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).