Bloomberg Law
December 9, 2016, 9:54 PM UTC

SCOTUS Will Hear ‘Joint Liability’ Forfeiture Question

Lance Rogers

By Lance J. Rogers, Bloomberg BNA

A convicted co-conspirator in a meth distribution ring will get a chance to argue in the U.S. Supreme Court that he shouldn’t be made to forfeit more than $60,000 in criminal proceeds because he never actually collected any of the ill-gotten profits from the enterprise.

The Sixth Circuit ruled that criminal forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. § U.S.C. 853(a)(1) was appropriate because Terry Honeycutt conspired with his brother to selling meth-making materials at the family’s camping and hunting store in Tennessee. Honeycutt’s participation in that conspiracy made him jointly and severally liable for the forfeiture ...

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