Summary
Maurice Davon Cawthon received a commutation of sentence on December 19, 2016, from President Barack Obama. Cawthon had been convicted in federal district court of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base, possession of a shotgun in relation to a drug trafficking offense, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of an unregistered firearm with an overall length of less than 26 inches, including a barrel of less than 18 inches. The commutation reduced his sentence of imprisonment, though the specific original sentence length and the term to which it was commuted are not specified in the available record.
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Clemency record
Commutation · December 19, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine base; possession of a shotgun in relation to a drug trafficking offense; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; possession of an unregistered firearm with an overall length of less than 26 inches, including a barrel of less than 18 inches
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 96 months supervised release · $600.00 fine (Northern District of Florida).
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