Summary
Jermaine Brown received a commutation of sentence on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Brown had been convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and distribution of cocaine base. The commutation reduced Brown's sentence of imprisonment, though the specific original term and the length of the commuted sentence are not detailed in the available record.
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Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (two counts); distribution of cocaine base
Original sentence: 548 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (sentenced July 8, 2011, Eastern District of Virginia).
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