Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Richard Eugene Dains
Granted June 3, 2016 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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Richard Eugene Dains was convicted in the Eastern District of Texas in 1992 of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, unlawful possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and knowingly using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). He was sentenced to 120 months of supervised release. On June 3, 2016, President Barack Obama granted Dains a commutation of sentence.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Did conspire to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; did knowingly and unlawfully possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and prior thereto the defendant had been convicted in a court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); did knowingly use and carry a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
Eastern District of Texas · 1992
Offense
Did conspire to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
Offense
did knowingly and unlawfully possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and prior thereto the defendant had been convicted in a court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1))
Offense
did knowingly use and carry a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c))
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Original penalties
Sentence
120 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of Texas
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