Early one Sunday morning, our client was pulled over for a traffic violation. He was subsequently arrested for an outstanding traffic warrant. Shortly after being handcuffed, officers discovered that our client had over $15,000.00 in his possession. While our client was only arrested for a traffic warrant, the police department filed seizure proceedings, in hopes that the department would be able to keep the funds. Once retained, Temani, provided the prosecutor with a large volume of documents proving that the seized funds were legitimately earned, and should be returned. The State dropped the ball, and we proceeded to trial.
During a one (1) day bench trial, Temani was able to refute the State’s argument that our client was a drug dealer, who’d earned the seized funds by selling marijuana. Temani tore the State’s evidence to shreds. She presented several witnesses that testified, in detail, about our client’s various business ventures. Temani also produced an even larger volume of documents, detailing our client’s income. The judge agreed with Temani, and ordered the police department to return the seized funds.