Oleanvine Maynard has pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to import cocaine, purportedly in exchange for a more lenient sentence before a US Federal Court.
Maynard appeared for a hearing today, at which point she entered a plea agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
The document, seen by our news desk, stated “The defendant agrees to plead guilty to Count 1 of the Superseding Indictment, which charges the defendant with conspiracy to import cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 963 and 952(a).”
With the new plea entered, prosecutors have reportedly agreed to drop the charges of money laundering and racketeering against her, and the Office has agreed to “recommend at sentencing that the Court reduce by two levels the sentencing guideline level applicable to the defendant’s offence.”
“Based upon the defendant’s recognition and affirmative and timely acceptance of personal responsibility”, the document continued.
An additional one level decrease can also be requested should, at the time of sentencing, the defendant’s offence level is determined to be 16 or greater.
The request will state that “the defendant has assisted authorities in the investigation or prosecution of the defendant’s own misconduct by timely notifying authorities of the defendant’s intention to enter a plea of guilty, thereby permitting the government to avoid preparing for trial and permitting the government and the Court to allocate their resources efficiently.”
Terms of the agreement, however, state that the office will not be required to make such recommendations or requests should Maynard: fail or refuse to make a full accurate and complete disclosure to the probation office of the circumstances surrounding the relevant offence; be found to have misrepresented facts to the government prior to entering the plea agreement or commit any misconduct after entering into the plea agreement.
The document stated that Maynard had acknowledged that, for this offence, the court must impose a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment, often 10 years, and may impose a statutory maximum sentence of up to life imprisonment.
Time served behind bars will be followed by at least 5 years of supervised release.
In addition, the court may also impose a fine up to $10,000,000.
Her sentence has not yet been determined by the court.