Fighting for Fees-Drug Trafficking and the Forfeiture of Attorney's Fees

• Published in: Journal of Drug Issues
• Main Authors: Dombrink, John, Meeker, James W., Paik, Julie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1988
• Subjects: Arctic; Royce
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002204268801800308; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002204268801800308

In the past two years since the passage of 1984 amendments as part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act, government prosecutors have included defense counsel fees as forfeitable assets stemming from drug trafficking and organized crime prosecutions. This development has been described by affected...