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COMMONWEALTH v. ONE 1987 FORD ECONOLINE VAN

413 Mass. 407 (1992)

597 N.E.2d 430

COMMONWEALTH vs. ONE 1987 FORD ECONOLINE VAN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

August 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel H. Brandt, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Patricia A. Bobba for Sonia Ivette Viruet.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

LIACOS, C.J.

On April 10, 1990, Sonia Ivette Viruet filed a complaint for civil contempt after the Commonwealth failed to obey two court orders compelling the return of Viruet's 1987 Ford Econoline van.1 The Commonwealth had seized the van in conjunction with a drug enforcement effort. After a two-day bench trial, a judge in the Superior Court found the Commonwealth in contempt and issued an order requiring the Commonwealth to return the...

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