FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 01, 2007
MICHAEL SALLIS 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 31, 2007, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, MICHAEL SALLIS, a 52-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for re-sentencing. SALLIS was sentenced to a term of:
- Prison: 150 months
- Special Assessment: $400
- Supervised Release: 3 years
SALLIS was re-sentenced in connection with his trial at which he was convicted of two counts of coercion and enticement, one count of transportation of an individual with the intent that such individual engage in prostitution, and one count of transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, 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 SALLIS will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, SALLIS 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 Marcia K. Hurd and former Assistant U.S. Attorneys C. Ed Laws and Shelley Hicks prosecuted this case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Billings Police Department.
