In Caplin & Drysdale v. United States, 491 U.S. 617, 109 S. Ct. 2646, 105 L. Ed. 2d 528, 57 U.S.L.W. 4836 (1989), the Supreme Court held that assets seized in a civil forfeiture springing from criminal charges could not be used to pay criminal defense attorney fees. The Court held that this was because [...]

In both of the examples discussed in my prior post on this subject, other than the dismissal of the charges, the officers suffered no repercussions that I know of. The District Attorney continued to use those officers as witnesses and in spite of the requirement that all potentially exculpatory evidence be provided to all defendants, [...]