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DeSANTIS v. STATE

No. 141, September Term, 2003.

866 A.2d 143 (2005)

384 Md. 656

William L. DeSANTIS, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo W. Ottey, Jr. (Harry L. Chase of Chase, Chase & Hammerschlag, Baltimore), on brief for Appellant.

H. Scott Curtis, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Maryland), on brief for Appellee.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, GREENE and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

RAKER, Judge.

The United States Attorney General has authorized the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to "adopt" seizures of property made by state or local authorities in the course of drug investigations, generally after the state or local authorities request the DEA to do so. See 21 U.S.C. § 873. After the DEA completes federal forfeiture proceedings on the property, the DEA is further authorized to distribute a large percentage of the proceeds...

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