Source: https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2018/01/05/32-year-fugitive-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-distribute-marijuana-and
Timestamp: 2019-03-20 05:24:37
Document Index: 36939235

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 963', '§ 846', '§ 841', '§ 1542', '§ 1028', '§ 371', '§ 3553']

SAN FRANCISCO - Peyton Erwin Eidson pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to distribute marijuana, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Special Agent in Charge Matthew Perlman of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security (DSS) San Francisco Field Office, and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
Eidson was indicted by a federal grand jury on January 14, 1985. He was charged with conspiracy to import marijuana, in violation 21 U.S.C. Â§ 963; conspiracy to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§ 846; and two counts of distribution and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. Â§ 841. Under today’s agreement, Eidson pleaded guilty to the conspiracy to distribute marijuana charge. A federal grand jury also indicted Eidson on September 15, 2017, in a second case charging him with two counts of passport fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 1542; two counts of aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 1028A; and one count of conspiracy to commit passport fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§ 371. Under today’s plea agreement, Eidson pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft.
Eidson remains in custody pending sentencing. Judge Illston scheduled his sentencing hearing for April 27, 2018. The maximum statutory penalty for the drug charge is 15 years in prison, followed by three years of parole, and a $125,000 fine. The penalty for the passport fraud case is two years in prison consecutive to any other sentence, a $250,000 fine, and one year of supervised release. However, any sentence will be imposed by the court only after consideration of and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. Â§ 3553.