FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 21, 2008
ANTHONY ROLLINS 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 March 20, 2008, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, ANTHONY ROLLINS appeared for sentencing. ROLLINS was sentenced to a term of:
- Prison: 85 months
- Special Assessment: $200
- Supervised Release: 3 years
ROLLINS was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to distribution of cocaine and use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
Testimony would have shown that an individual traded a teener (1/16th of an ounce) of cocaine powder to ROLLINS for a Shandong First Machinery Co. 12 gauge shotgun, Model UCN1201. Further testimony would have shown that this individual also sold ROLLINS 1/8th of an ounce of cocaine on four separate occasions
Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that ROLLINS will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, ROLLINS 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 James E. Seykora prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by the Billings Big Sky Safe Streets Task Force.
