Legal Opinion
United States v. Denver Shelton Pratt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2001No. 99-4424PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
Denver Pratt, convicted of participation in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and sentenced to 136 months imprisonment and five years supervised release, appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.
I
On August 26, 1998, two deputy sheriffs stopped a rental ear containing Pratt and Mario Strachan for making an improper lane change. Both Strachan and Pratt appeared nervous and when the officers returned to their patrol car to confer, they determined that the two men had given conflicting stories as to their destination. Based on this, the deputies…
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