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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2137232, member: 4920"]Goldfinger, have you ever been in a court of appeals? There's no place for a jury to sit. That finding was off the trial transcript in the District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is concluded by it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This Opinion is conditioned on possession as the trigger for the statute, and the Court proceeded to apply the statute, accordingly. Here, again, is the link to the Opinion: <a href="http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/124574p.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/124574p.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/124574p.pdf</a>. That's questionable in this case. Again, read the Dissent, and I trust you'll see that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Better, still, supposing, instead of a coin, this were the original U.S. Constitution. The smugglers give it back for the expressed purpose of authenticating it. Does the U.S. have to proceed under a forfeiture statute to retain custody of it? What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>You guys are rehashing a jury finding. You can do that all day long. The jury saw the evidence, it made its findings, and it returned its verdict. The Landbords and their attorneys had their shot. We move on. That's how it works.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2137232, member: 4920"]Goldfinger, have you ever been in a court of appeals? There's no place for a jury to sit. That finding was off the trial transcript in the District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is concluded by it. This Opinion is conditioned on possession as the trigger for the statute, and the Court proceeded to apply the statute, accordingly. Here, again, is the link to the Opinion: [url]http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/124574p.pdf[/url]. That's questionable in this case. Again, read the Dissent, and I trust you'll see that. Better, still, supposing, instead of a coin, this were the original U.S. Constitution. The smugglers give it back for the expressed purpose of authenticating it. Does the U.S. have to proceed under a forfeiture statute to retain custody of it? What do you think? You guys are rehashing a jury finding. You can do that all day long. The jury saw the evidence, it made its findings, and it returned its verdict. The Landbords and their attorneys had their shot. We move on. That's how it works.[/QUOTE]
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