Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Max Orvel Plumlee
Summary
On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Max Orvel Plumlee, who was convicted in 1994 in the Eastern District of Virginia of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, eight counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, two counts of use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. Plumlee's original sentence of 300 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release was reduced by commutation.
Offense
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise; distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine (eight counts); use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime (two counts); distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (
Eastern District of Virginia · 1994
Original sentence
300 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of Virginia