Summary
Richard Eugene Dains was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and knowingly using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). On June 3, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted Dains's sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · June 3, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Did conspire to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846; did knowingly and unlawfully possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and prior thereto the defendant had been convicted in a court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); did knowingly use and carry a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Did conspire to manufacture methamphetamine, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
- Offense — did knowingly and unlawfully possess in and affecting commerce, a firearm and prior thereto the defendant had been convicted in a court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1))
- Offense — did knowingly use and carry a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime for which the defendant may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, namely, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (18 U.S.C. § 924(c))
Original sentence: 120 months supervised release (Eastern District of Texas).
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