Summary
Ricky Lee Groves received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Groves had been convicted of continuing criminal enterprise, use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and aiding and abetting, and trading food stamps for cocaine base and aiding and abetting (five counts). The commutation act reduced his sentence of imprisonment, though the record does not specify the original sentence length or the terms of the commuted sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Continuing criminal enterprise; use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and aiding and abetting; trading food stamps for cocaine base and aiding and abetting (five counts)
Original sentence: 60 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (Eastern District of North Carolina).
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