Does a forfeiture under the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment apply?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Nazem, 51 Cal.App.4th 1225, 59 Cal.Rptr.2d 794 (Cal. App. 1996):
9 We need not consider whether the forfeiture here was excessive under the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, because defendant has not raised that claim. (See Austin v. United States, supra, 509 U.S. 602, 113 S.Ct. 2801, 125 L.Ed.2d 488.)
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