Where appellant challenged a judgment in favor of the United States in a civil forfeiture action, but the appellant continued to provide incomplete responses to interrogatories despite multiple extensions of time, the district court’s decision to strike the claim was ...

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  Where two defendants in a fraud case challenged their convictions, the district court did not err in rejecting a theory-of-defense instruction because the instructions given were adequate, and the convictions are affirmed because there was no showing of error ...

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  Where a trucking company asserted it was the owner of two boxes of cash found in the cab of a tractor-trailer truck during a traffic stop, the statement that it was the owner of the currency and that it ...

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U.S. v. Matthews (MLW No. 66884/Case No. 13-3650 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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State ex rel. Forrest K. Wegge v. Schrameyer (MLW No. 66873/Case No. ED101045 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

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U.S. v. Sigillito (MLW No. 66677/Case No. 13-1027 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Forfeiture fraud

U.S. v. $48,100 in U.S. Currency (MLW No. 66575/Case No. 13-1902 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Bye, J.)

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U.S. v. Buczkowski (MLW No. 66362/Case No. 13-2018 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)

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State v. Morris (MLW No. 65023/Case No. SD32045 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Rahmeyer, J.)

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Ashanti v. City of Golden Valley (MLW No. 63240/Case No. 11-1699 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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U.S. v. Smith (MLW No. 62804/Case No. 10-2998 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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