Summary
Dorian Lee Benoit received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Benoit had been convicted in federal court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine base, and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; and possession of firearm by convicted felon. The commutation reduced Benoit's sentence of imprisonment, though the specific original sentence length and the term to which it was commuted are not identified in the available record.
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Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine base and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute marijuana; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime; possession of firearm by convicted felon
Original sentence: 300 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Western District of Louisiana).
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