Summary
Samuel Rodney Holmes was convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. § 846, and of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of five grams or more of cocaine base under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B). On November 4, 2016, President Barack Obama commuted his sentence.
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Clemency record
Commutation · November 4, 2016
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846; possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (21 U.S.C. § 846)
- Offense — possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five grams or more of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B) (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B))
Original sentence: 360 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (sentenced November 24, 2015, District of South Carolina).
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