Summary
Cleon Jermaine Hawkins was convicted in federal district court of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). On June 3, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Hawkins's sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · June 3, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1))
- Offense — possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A))
Original sentence: 180 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (Middle District of Louisiana).
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