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Anthony DeWayne Gillis

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Summary

Anthony DeWayne Gillis received a commutation on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Gillis had been convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine base, possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, three counts of false statements, six counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The commutation reduced his sentence of imprisonment, though the specific length of the original sentence and the duration of the commuted sentence are not identified in the available record.

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Clemency record

Commutation · December 19, 2016

Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; false statements (three counts); possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking (six counts); possession of a sawed-off shotgun

Original sentence: 748 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (sentenced November 2, 2010, Eastern District of Virginia).

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