Federal prosecutors had sought 12 years and 7 months for Reavis, who admitted to supplying counterfeit oxycodone tablets to the drug vendor who ultimately offered them to Miller.
A person charged with supplying fentanyl-laced tablets earlier than Mac Miller’s deadly 2018 overdose was sentenced to virtually 11 years in jail on Monday (April 18).
At a listening to in Los Angeles federal courtroom, U.S. District Choose Otis D. Wright sentenced Ryan Michael Reavis to 10 years and 11 months in jail. The decision comes six months after he reached an settlement with prosecutors to plead responsible to a single depend of distribution of fentanyl.
Initially, federal prosecutors had sought 12 years and 7 months for Reavis, who admitted to supplying counterfeit oxycodone tablets to the drug vendor who ultimately offered them to Miller. Reavis’ attorneys argued he deserved solely 5 years, with an extended or supervised launch.
Miller was discovered lifeless at his San Fernando Valley, Calif., residence on Sept. 7, 2018. The rapper died of an unintended overdose of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol, in line with the toxicology report launched by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s workplace. In keeping with a assertion issued by U.S. Legal professional Nick Hanna in October, “It has turn into more and more frequent for us to see drug sellers peddling counterfeit prescription drugs made with fentanyl. As a consequence, fentanyl is now the primary reason for overdose deaths in the US.”
Reavis isn’t the one individual going through fees in connection to Miller’s dying: In 2019, one 12 months after the rapper died, two further males had been charged in connection to the deadly overdose. Cameron James Pettit of Los Angeles was arrested Sept. 4, 2019, for allegedly promoting counterfeit oxycodone tablets laced with fentanyl to the rapper, né Malcolm McCormick. A 3rd man, Stephen Walter, was arrested for allegedly sourcing the deadly oxycodone that Petit offered to Miller.
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.