Supreme Court decides Timbs v. Indiana. What happens next?
On February 20, 2019, the Supreme Court decided the case of Timbs v. Indiana, which posed the question of whether the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment is incorporated to the states. The Supreme Court said that it did. What the Supreme Court’s answer left out are the consequences for Mr. Timbs case and the impact that this decision might have on civil forfeiture laws across the country. Mr. Timbs’ case began after he pleaded guilty to one felony count of dealing.