Case Name: In the Matter of Property Clerk of the Police Department of the City of New York et al., Petitioners, v. Beverly Plaskett et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-05-01
Citations: 40 A.D.3d 231
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Property Clerk of the Police Department of the City of New York et al., Petitioners, v Beverly Plaskett et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 231–232

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Property Clerk of the Police Department of the City of New York et al., Petitioners, v Beverly Plaskett et al., Respondents.
[833 NYS2d 385]

Opinion:
Determination of respondent Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, dated September 8, 2005, which directed petitioner Police Department to return to respondent Beverly Plaskett a vehicle seized incident to the arrest of respondent Gregory Plaskett, unanimously confirmed, the petition denied and the proceeding brought pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court, New York County [Martin Shulman, J.], entered December 8, 2005) dismissed, without costs.
The finding of the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings that Beverly Plaskett was an innocent owner is supported by substantial evidence (see Property Clerk, N.Y. City Police Dept. v Pagano, 170 AD2d 30, 36 [1991]). Concur—Marlow, J.P., Nardelli, Gonzalez, Sweeny and Malone, JJ.