Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Eric Arthur Walton
Summary
Eric Arthur Walton received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama for convictions in the Northern District of West Virginia in 1994 involving conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute marijuana, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, two counts of interstate transportation in aid of racketeering, laundering of monetary instruments, and aiding and abetting in possession offenses. His original sentence of 60 months imprisonment with 120 months supervised release was reduced.
Offense
1. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute marijuana; conspiracy to launder monetary instruments; interstate transportation in aid of racketeering (2 counts); laundering of monetary instruments; aiding and abetting in the possess
1. & 2. Northern District of West Virginia · 1994
Original sentence
60 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release · $20,000.00 fine
Sentenced 1. & 2. Northern District of West Virginia