Summary
Garrie Lavert Samuels was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), and aiding and abetting distribution of more than 50 grams of cocaine base and more than five grams of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. On June 3, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Samuels's sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · June 3, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(a)(1); aiding and abetting distribution of more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; aiding and abetting distribution of more than five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2
Counts of conviction
- Offense — aiding and abetting distribution of more than 50 grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2 (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2)
- Offense — aiding and abetting distribution of more than five grams of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2 (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & 18 U.S.C. § 2)
Original sentence: 120 months supervised release (Western District of Texas).
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