Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court July 27, 1995 (Commonwealth v. Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Dollars)

lead-opinion

O’Connor, J.

The Commonwealth brought this action in 1988 under G. L. c. 94C, § 47 (d) (1988 ed.), seeking forfeiture of $14,200 alleged to have been “used, or . . . intended to be used in the procurement, manufacturing, compounding, processing, delivery or distribution of’ a controlled substance or to have been “the proceeds of a sale of a controlled substance.” In 1988, G. L. c.