Summary
Billie Marie Taylor was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, possession of ephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(1), use and carrying of a firearm during drug trafficking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), and possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). On December 18, 2015, President Barack Obama commuted Taylor's sentence.
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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).
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