Legal Opinion
Pratt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 30, 1972No. 6 Div. 353PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, Judge.
The indictment charges the appellant with the statutory crime of obtaining property by false pretenses. Title 14, Section 209, Code of Alabama 1940 (Recompiled 1958). Jury trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and judgment set sentence at one year and 360 days in the County Jail, which was subsequently reduced to thirty days in the County Jail and four years probation. 1
The indictment consists solely of one count, alleging that:
“ROBERT N. PRATT did falsely pretend to Richard E. Mertrud with intent to defraud that he was an attorney at law qualified to practice law under the laws…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gori v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Arnett v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Racine v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Kroger Company v. PuckettCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Prince v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Pitts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
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