Federal clemency case file
Commutation of Billie Marie Taylor
Granted December 18, 2015 by Barack Obama (Democratic).
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Billie Marie Taylor was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 1992 of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine (21 U.S.C. § 846), possession of a listed chemical with intent to manufacture methamphetamine (21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1)), use and carrying of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)), and possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun (26 U.S.C. § 5861(d)). Taylor was sentenced to 412 months imprisonment followed by 60 months supervised release. On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama granted Taylor a commutation of sentence, reducing the term of imprisonment.
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Court case
Offense and conviction
Did knowingly and willfully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, with each other, and with other persons, to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; did knowingly and intentionally possess a listed chemical, namely ephedrine, with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1); did knowingly use and carry a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, 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)(1); did knowingly possess a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, with a barrel length of less than 18 inches and a weapon made from a shotgun with an overall length of less than 26 inches, and such firearm was not registered to the defendant in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d)
Eastern Texas · 1992
Offense
Did knowingly and willfully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, with each other, and with other persons, to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
Offense
did knowingly and intentionally possess a listed chemical, namely ephedrine, with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1))
Offense
did knowingly use and carry a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, 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)(1) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1))
Offense
did knowingly possess a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, with a barrel length of less than 18 inches and a weapon made from a shotgun with an overall length of less than 26 inches, and such firearm was not registered to the defendant in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (26 U.S.C. § 5861(d))
Sentence and money
Original penalties
Sentence
412 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced July 15, 2015 · Eastern Texas
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