Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Francis Darrell Hayden
Granted March 31, 2015 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
In-depth case review
Francis Darrell Hayden was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 2002 of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants or 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and manufacture of 1,000 or more marijuana plants in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced to 120 months of supervised release. On March 31, 2015, President Barack Obama granted Hayden a commutation of his sentence.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants or 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846; manufacture of 1,000 or more marijuana plants, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Eastern Michigan · 2002
Offense
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants or 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
Offense
manufacture of 1,000 or more marijuana plants, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1))
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
120 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern Michigan
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