Summary
Korell Ellis received a commutation of sentence on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Ellis had been convicted of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base and use or carry a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The commutation reduced Ellis's federal sentence, though the specific sentence length before and after commutation is not detailed in the available record.
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Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base; use or carry a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime
Original sentence: 295 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release · $14,330.00 fine (sentenced October 7, 2015, Eastern District of North Carolina).
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