Summary
Derrick Lewis Bynum was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 846; three counts of use of a communications device to facilitate narcotics trafficking under 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); two counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On August 30, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Bynum's sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · August 30, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. § 846; use of a communications device to facilitate narcotics trafficking (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b); possession with intent to distribute controlled substances (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a); possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
- Offense — use of a communications device to facilitate narcotics trafficking (three counts), 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) (21 U.S.C. § 843(b))
- Offense — possession with intent to distribute controlled substances (two counts), 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (21 U.S.C. § 841(a))
- Offense — possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c))
- Offense — possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1))
Original sentence: 300 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (District of Maryland).
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