Summary
Anthony Wayne Billings received a commutation of sentence on January 17, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Billings had been convicted of distribution of cocaine base within 1000 feet of a playground under federal statute. The commutation reduced his sentence of imprisonment, though the specific length of the original sentence and the resulting reduced term are not detailed in the available record.
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Commutation · January 17, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Distribution of cocaine base within 1000 feet of a playground
Original sentence: 360 months imprisonment · 72 months supervised release (Northern District of West Virginia).
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