IN RE 1982 HONDA

No. 249, 1995.

681 A.2d 1035 (1996)

In re 1982 HONDA, DELAWARE REGISTRATION NO. 83466, $7,200.00 U.S. Currency and $4,322.00 U.S. Currency.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Stayed: January 26, 1996.

Resubmitted: July 22, 1996.

Decided: August 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew G. Ahern III of Joseph W. Benson, P.A., Wilmington, for Appellant Carlos Lara.

Stuart E. Sklut, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, for Appellee State of Delaware.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and BERGER, JJ.


VEASEY, Chief Justice:

The Superior Court has certified questions of law to this Court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 41. These questions pertain to the constitutionality of Delaware's civil forfeiture statute, 16 Del.C. § 4784, which is modeled closely after its federal counterpart, 21 U.S.C. § 881(a). Matter of One 1987 Toyota, Del.Super., 621 A.2d 796, 798...

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