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Jimmie Clyde Collins

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Summary

Jimmie Clyde Collins was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B)), possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting (21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2), using a drug involved premises and aiding and abetting (21 U.S.C. §§ 856 & 18 U.S.C. § 2), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)), possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C)), and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)). On August 3, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Collins's sentence.

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Clemency record

Commutation · August 3, 2016

Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)

Conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B); possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2; using a drug involved premises and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 856 & 18 U.S.C. § 2; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c); possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C); possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)

Counts of conviction

  • Offense possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 18 U.S.C. § 2 (18 U.S.C. § 2)
  • Offense using a drug involved premises and aiding and abetting, 21 U.S.C. §§ 856 & 18 U.S.C. § 2 (18 U.S.C. § 2)
  • 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 during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c))

Original sentence: 370 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (Northern District of Texas).

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