State v. Pratt

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on appeal by Michael D. Pratt (defendant) from a judgment of conviction for possession of over five kilograms of marijuana. The defendant, after a jury trial in Superior Court, was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment and fined $20,000. The defendant argued on appeal that the trial justice’s denial of his motion to suppress all tangible evidence and the denial of the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal were in error. The defendant also maintained that the trial justice committed reversible error by admitting…