Federal clemency record
Commutation · December 18, 2015
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic) to Billie Marie Taylor
Summary
Billie Marie Taylor was convicted in the Eastern District of Texas in 1992 of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine under 21 U.S.C. § 846, possession of ephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine under 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1), use and carry of a firearm during drug trafficking under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), and possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun under 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), and was sentenced to 412 months imprisonment and 60 months supervised release. President Barack Obama granted Taylor a commutation on December 18, 2015.
Offense
Did knowingly and willfully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, with each other, and with other persons, to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; did knowingly and intentionally possess a listed chemical, namely ephedrine, with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1); did knowingly use and carry a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1); did knowingly possess a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, with a barrel length of less than 18 inches and a weapon made from a shotgun with an overall length of less than 26 inches, and such firearm was not registered to the defendant in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d)
Eastern Texas · 1992
- Offense — Did knowingly and willfully conspire, combine, confederate and agree together, with each other, and with other persons, to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
- Offense — did knowingly and intentionally possess a listed chemical, namely ephedrine, with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1) (21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1))
- Offense — did knowingly use and carry a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1))
- Offense — did knowingly possess a firearm, namely, a 12 gauge Harrington and Richardson, Inc. shotgun, serial number AX492667, with a barrel length of less than 18 inches and a weapon made from a shotgun with an overall length of less than 26 inches, and such firearm was not registered to the defendant in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (26 U.S.C. § 5861(d))
Original sentence
412 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release
Sentenced July 15, 2015 · Eastern Texas