Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Ricky Lee Groves
Summary
Ricky Lee Groves was granted a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, by President Barack Obama. Groves had been convicted in the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1995 of continuing criminal enterprise, use of a firearm during drug trafficking and aiding and abetting, and five counts of trading food stamps for cocaine base and aiding and abetting, and was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment with 60 months of supervised release.
Offense
Continuing criminal enterprise; use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and aiding and abetting; trading food stamps for cocaine base and aiding and abetting (five counts)
Eastern District of North Carolina · 1995
Original sentence
60 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of North Carolina