Summary
Richard Ruiz Montes was convicted in federal district court of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, manufacture of marijuana and aiding and abetting, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and aiding and abetting, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana (two counts). On January 19, 2017, President Barack Obama commuted his sentence.
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Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conducting a continuing criminal enterprise; manufacture of marijuana and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute marijuana and aiding and abetting; possession with intent to distribute marijuana (two counts)
Original sentence: 240 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (Eastern District of California).
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