Sentence reduced for Tracy man’s killer
by TP staff
Nov 11, 2010 | 2662 views | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend | print
The man convicted in the killing of 22-year-old Tracy resident Mark Donahue in 2004 will serve much less time in prison than previously thought.

Once convicted of second-degree murder in the killing, Frank Prater, who belonged to a motorcycle club in Stockton, pleaded guilty in October to a manslaughter charge after his murder sentence was overturned.

He is expected to serve about five more years in prison. Though his sentence was for 11 years, he gets credit for already serving several years behind bars.

Robert Memory, a fellow biker who was originally convicted of manslaughter in the killing, will serve one more year in prison after he ended up pleading to assault with a deadly weapon after his own conviction was overturned.

The fight occurred during a fight outside a Stockton bar. Prater originally said that he stabbed Donahue, the son of a former Tracy middle school principal, in defense.

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tracyresdnt
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November 11, 2010
Geez, why do I have to search another news source for why the conviction was overturned?
mnwild
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November 11, 2010
America's judicial system at it's finest......NOT!!!!


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