Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Tyrone Grimes
Summary
On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Tyrone Grimes, who was convicted in 1999 in the Eastern District of New York of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Grimes's original sentence of 420 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release was reduced by the commutation.
Offense
Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana within 1,000 feet of a public elementary school; engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise; convicted felon in possession of a firearm
Eastern District of New York · 1999
Original sentence
420 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of New York