FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 18, 2007
ROLANDO PEREZ RE-SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Billings, on October 18, 2007, before U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, ROLANDO PEREZ, a 30-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for re-sentencing. PEREZ was sentenced to a term of:
- Prison: 147 months
- Special Assessment: $200
- Supervised Release: 3 years
PEREZ was re-sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to a violation of the Hobbs Act by interfering with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence after his original sentence was appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The sentence was reversed and remanded back to U.S. District Court for re-sentencing.
Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that PEREZ will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, PEREZ does have the opportunity to earn a sentence reduction for "good behavior." However, this reduction will not exceed 15% of the overall sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Harper Suek prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
