State v. Stoken

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• holding that the Act is silent with regard to the discovery process, and, therefore, “the discovery rules found in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure are applicable to forfeiture proceedings.”
• holding discovery rules apply to civil forfeiture proceedings
• holding discovery rules apply to civil forfeiture proceedings
• “the Commonwealth bears the initial burden of proof which it must satisfy by a preponderance of the evidence”
• Discovery is permitted in forfeiture proceedings under the Forfeiture Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6801-6802, and is governed by the discovery rules found in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).