Federal clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Richard Ruiz Montes
Summary
Richard Ruiz Montes received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama, reducing his 240-month federal sentence imposed in 2008 in the Eastern District of California. Montes had been convicted of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, manufacture of marijuana and aiding and abetting, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana (two counts). The commutation left intact the 60-month term of supervised release.
Offense
Conducting a continuing criminal enterprise; manufacture of marijuana and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute marijuana and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute marijuana (two counts)
Eastern District of California · 2008
Original sentence
240 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced Eastern District of California