Timbs v. Indiana
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timbs-v-indiana-161-13031074
title:
Timbs v. Indiana
text:
Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U.S. 146 (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether the excessive fines clause of the Constitution's Eighth Amendment applies to state and local governments. The case covered the asset forfeiture of the petitioner's truck after the police found a small quantity of drugs within it and he was convicted on non-felony possession charges. In February 2019, the Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of excessive f
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2019 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbs_v._Indiana
date created:
2018-11-21T20:04:42Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T15:02:55Z
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