154 Or. App. 579 - State v. Selness’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[T]he most persuasive reason why a forfeiture that is based upon a default or failure to file a timely claim, does not bar a subsequent criminal prosecution, is that the defendant has either failed to assert an ownership interest in the first instance, or by failing to answer, has effectively abandoned any claim to the property____ Moreover, “[t]o hold otherwise, would allow criminal defendants to choose their punishment. A criminal defendant could, decide to forfeit material possessions in lieu of going to prison.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Nunez