Legal Opinion

United States v. Mark Christopher Pratt

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 26, 1981No. 80-2083PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Mark Christopher Pratt pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing phencyclidine (PCP) and was sentenced to two consecutive terms of imprisonment for five years. The sentence included, in addition, two consecutive two-year special parole terms and a total fine of $30,000, with the provision that defendant would stand committed if he did not pay the fine. Pratt then moved under Fed.R.Crim.P. 35 to set the sentence aside, claiming that it had been imposed in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment because the two counts on which defendant had been…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. United States v. James H. HerzogCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Novaton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  3. State v. TrugliaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
  4. United States v. John R. FritschCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  5. United States v. Brian Leonard LemayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991

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