| 4.__Trial against property. Trial against property charged by |
indictment or information may be by jury and must be held in a |
single proceeding together with the trial of the related criminal |
violation.__Forfeiture of the property must be proved by the |
State by a preponderance of the evidence.__The court, in its |
discretion, may allow any defendant with an interest in property |
indicted pursuant to this section to waive the right to trial by |
jury as against the property while preserving the right to trial |
by jury of any crime alleged.__At trial by jury, the court, upon |
motion of a defendant or the State, may separate the trial of the |
matter against the defendant from the trial of the matter against |
the property subject to criminal forfeiture.__If the court |
bifurcates the jury trial, the court shall first instruct and |
submit to the jury the issue of the guilt or innocence of |
defendants to be determined by proof beyond a reasonable doubt |
and shall restrict argument of counsel to those issues.__After a |
verdict upon the guilt or innocence of all defendants, the court |
shall instruct and submit to the jury the issue of the forfeiture |
of the property to be determined by proof by a preponderance of |
the evidence and the court shall restrict argument to those |
issues.__A special verdict must be returned as to the extent of |
the interest in property subject to forfeiture, if any. |