Forfeiture

Remanding in a split ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court found that Indiana’s seizure of a man’s car that was only peripherally involved in a drug deal may have been a grossly disproportionate fine, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

INDIANAPOLIS — Remanding in a split ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court found that Indiana’s seizure of a man’s car that was only peripherally involved in a drug deal may have been a grossly disproportionate fine, in violation of the Eighth Amendment.