Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Moreno v. United States Drug Enforcement Administration

498 U.S. 1091

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-02-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that, because statutory wording mandatory, court could not excuse failure to file information even though defendant agreed prior to trial that enhanced penalty applied
  • where § 851(e) bars challenge to prior conviction, failure to comply with warning requirement of § 851(b) does not require remand
  • ‘We find nothing unconstitutional in Congress’ allocation of the burdens of proof in forfeiture eases.”
  • service timely because made “prior to the selection of the trial jury”
  • Detail and specificity of [DEA agent’s] affidavit establishing probable cause, viewed in the light of [claimant’s] express declination to present evidence challenging the Government’s evidence of probable cause, warranted grant of summary judgment in favor of Government

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.