Summary
Ricardo Sanchez, Jr. was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances; knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute a controlled substance; conspiracy to commit carjacking of a motor vehicle transported in interstate commerce; knowingly and intentionally taking a motor vehicle with intent to cause death and serious bodily harm, resulting in death; knowingly carrying and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and drug trafficking crime that caused death through firearm use (four counts); knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances; possession of firearms by a convicted felon; and knowingly using and carrying firearms during and in relation to drug trafficking crime. On December 23, 2024, President Joe Biden commuted Sanchez's sentence.
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Commutation · December 23, 2024
Granted by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute one or more controlled substances; knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance; knowingly and willfully combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with each other to commit an offense against the United States, that is, the carjacking of a motor vehicle and its contents, which motor vehicle had been transported, shipped, or received in interstate commerce; knowingly and intentionally, with the intent to cause death and serious bodily harm, take a motor vehicle and its contents, which resulted in death; knowingly carry and use a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence, and a drug trafficking crime and in the course caused the death of a person through the use of a firearm (four counts); knowingly and intentionally possess with the intent to distribute one or more controlled substances; possession of one or more firearms by a convicted felon; knowingly use and carry one or more firearms, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime
Original sentence: 60 months supervised release (sentenced May 13, 2009, Southern District of Florida).
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