The Supreme Court has placed new limits on criminal asset forfeiture and the government’s ability to seize property from people convicted of drug crimes in a unanimous 8-0 ruling on Monday.
The case surrounded Terry Honeycutt, a Tennessee man convicted for selling iodine water purification filters to methamphetamine producers. Honeycutt is said to have helped to sell over 20,000 filters from his brother’s hardware store; prosecutors argue both brothers knew iodine was used to produce the illicit substance.
Honeycutt’s brother forfeited $200,000 out of $270,000 in profits after pleading guilty. The government attempted to get Honeycutt to hand over the remaining $70,000, but he said he didn’t see any profits from the scheme, and is therefore not responsible.
This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on JUNE 6, 2017.
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