Summary
Alton D. Mills was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and cocaine, conspiracy to use communication facilities in the commission of drug trafficking offenses (18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b)), use of communication facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base (21 U.S.C. § 843(b), two counts), and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)). On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama commuted his sentence.
Grant timeline
Clemency record
Commutation · December 18, 2015
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and cocaine and conspiracy to use communication facilities in the commission of drug trafficking offenses, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b); use of communication facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (two counts); possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine base and cocaine and conspiracy to use communication facilities in the commission of drug trafficking offenses, 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b) (18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 & 843(b))
- Offense — use of communication facility to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (two counts) (21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (two counts))
- Offense — possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1))