Opinion of the Court — United States v. Veggacado

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Type: Opinion of the Court
Filed: June 14, 2002
Case: United States v. Veggacado
Case status: Decided

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Anthony Veggacado, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals a district court order forfeiting certain items of jewelry to the government as drug trafficking proceeds pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881 (a)(6). This case has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 34(j)(l), Rules of the Sixth Circuit. Upon examination, this panel unanimously agrees that oral argument is not needed. Fed. RApp. P. 34(a). Veggacado and his wife (codefendant Tolliver) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Veggacado was sentenced in December 1999 to 70 months in prison. The government, meanwhile, filed a complaint in forfeiture, charging that the following items were subject to forfeiture as proceeds of drug trafficking: (1) seven items of jewel *190 ry valued at $56,100; (2) seven items of jewelry valued at $22,115; (3) $16,140 in U.S. Currency; (4) $15,672 in U.S. Currency; (5) $5,900 in U.S. Currency; and (6) a Compaq Armada computer. The complaint further stated that Veggacado and Tolliver had no source of income other than drug trafficking and there was probable cause to believe that the listed items were subject to forfeiture. Veggacado and Tolliver …

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