| 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. |