Guilty of Fraud

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Henry Pratt, appealed nunc pro tunc from the November 5, 2015 judgment of sentence imposed by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. His appeal was rejected in Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania v. Henry Pratt, J-S46024-20 No. 2961 EDA 2019, Superior Court Of Pennsylvania (February 26, 2021) in a 35 page opinion considering all of Pratt’s claims of error that, as you read the facts, you will see was a total waste of the court’s time.

ZALMA OPINION

Although insurance fraud is probably the crime that is almost never prosecuted, even when there is such obvious fraud as that successfully attempted by Mr. Pratt, the court was merciful when he was convicted the court suspended the sentences and put him on parole only to have him file an extensive and multi-faceted appeal. The wasteful appeal required such analysis by the appellate court that it took over 35 pages to reveal that the entire appeal was useless, dealt with issues waived, and failed to make sense. A sad waste.