Summary
Willie Albert Cannon received a commutation of sentence on January 19, 2017, from President Barack Obama. Cannon had been convicted in federal district court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base and two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, as well as possession of a firearm. The commutation reduced his sentence of imprisonment, though the record does not specify the original sentence length or the reduction granted.
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Commutation · January 19, 2017
Granted by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts); possession of a firearm
Original sentence: 420 months imprisonment · 120 months supervised release (Middle District of Florida).
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