Federal clemency record
Billie Marie Taylor
Summary
On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Billie Marie Taylor, who had been convicted of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, possession of ephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine under 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1), carrying a firearm during drug trafficking under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), and unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun under 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). The firearm at issue was a 12-gauge Harrington and Richardson shotgun with serial number AX492667.
Clemency record · 1 grant
Commutation · December 18, 2015
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
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)
Counts of conviction
- 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).