Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Jimmie Clyde Collins
Granted August 3, 2016 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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Jimmie Clyde Collins was convicted in 2005 in the Northern District of Texas of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B)); possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting (21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2); using a drug involved premises and aiding and abetting (21 U.S.C. §§ 856 & 18 U.S.C. § 2); and two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of or during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)). He was sentenced to 370 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release. On August 3, 2016, President Barack Obama granted Collins a commutation of his sentence. The commutation action reduced his original 370-month term of imprisonment.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B); possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; using a drug involved premises and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 856 & 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C); possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
Northern District of Texas · 2005
Offense
possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2 (18 U.S.C. § 2)
Offense
using a drug involved premises and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 856 & 18 U.S.C. § 2 (18 U.S.C. § 2)
Offense
possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c))
Offense
possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c))
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
370 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Northern District of Texas
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