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ARAVANIS v. SOMERSET COUNTY

No. 22, September Term, 1994.

339 Md. 644 (1995)

GEORGE JOSEPH ARAVANIS v. SOMERSET COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Dansicker, Washington, DC (Deborah A. Jeon, ACLU Foundation of Maryland, on brief), Centreville, for appellant.

Logan C. Widdowson, State's Attorney (Robert E. Laird, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney for Somerset County, Charles A. Bruce, Jr., Jack A. Willing, Jr., Jones & Bruce, P.A., all on brief), Princess Anne, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, BELL, RAKER, and JOHN F. McAULIFFE, Judge of the Court of Appeals (Retired and Specially Assigned), JJ.

BELL, Judge.

We granted certiorari to consider whether Maryland's drug forfeiture statute, Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), Article 27, § 297, is subject to an excessive fines analysis pursuant to the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution,1 and/or its Maryland counterpart, Article 25 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights.2 We are also invited, should we find the analysis appropriate,...

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