TY - BOOK AU - Cassella,Stefan D. TI - Asset forfeiture law in the United States SN - 9781929446995 AV - KF 9747 .C37 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Huntington, N.Y. PB - JurisNet KW - Forfeiture KW - United States KW - Local N1 - Accompanying CD-ROM contains "What is forfeitable?", a PDF chart matching each federal criminal offense with the corresponding forfeiture statue; Includes bibliographical references and index; Overview of asset forfeiture law in the United States -- The development of asset forfeiture law in the United States -- Starting a forfeiture case: the seizure of property for forfeiture -- Administrative forfeiture under CAFRA -- Judicial review of administrative forfeiture -- Civil forfeiture of real property -- Judicial forfeiture: filing the complaint, claim & answer -- Pre-trial procedural issues -- Dispositive pre-trial motions -- Standing -- The forfeiture trial: establishing forfeitability -- The innocent owner defense -- Post-trial and other issues -- Parallel and successive civil and criminal cases -- The nature of criminal forfeiture -- Indictment -- Seizure warrants and pre-trial restraining orders -- Guilty pleas and the forfeiture phase of the trial -- Preliminary order of forfeiture -- The final order of forfeiture and sentencing -- Forfeiture of property transferred to third parties -- Substitute assets -- Ancillary proceedings -- Appeals and miscellaneous post-sentencing topics -- Criminal proceeds -- Instrumentalities and facilitating property -- Property involved in money laundering -- The excessive fines clause ER -