Was the civil forfeiture invalid because the state introduced evidence about illegally seized cash?
Tamika Smith, driving a rental car, was stopped driving west on I-94 between Detroit and Chicago for speeding. Her two small children and Todd Fletcher were passengers. Drivers' licenses were checked; Smith's had been suspended; Fletcher's was valid, but he was a person of "officer safety caution" based on previous arrests for cocaine possession and weapons offenses. The trooper searched the trunk of the rental car without consent and discovered $180,975 in cash in a backpack. Smith was cited for speeding and driving on a suspended license but with no crimes. Neither she nor Fletcher could provide a good explanation for possession such a large sum of cash. State law requires the forfeiture of money when the state can prove on a preponderance of evidence that the money was intended to buy drugs. In a civil forfeiture proceeding by the state, the prosecutor admitted the search and seizure of the cash violated the Fourth Amendment. The cash itself was not introduced in evidence but the prosecutor presented evidence to show that Smith was a drug courier and that the $180,975 seized by the trooper had been intended for the purchase of illegal drugs.
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