FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 03, 2008
JASON MOSIER 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 April 2, 2008, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, JASON MOSIER, a 29-year-old resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. MOSIER was sentenced to a term of:
- Prison: 87 months
- Special Assessment: $100
- Supervised Release: 5 years
MOSIER was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine.
At the sentencing proceeding, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
From May of 2005 to May of 2006, MOSIER was involved in a conspiracy with other individuals to possess with the intent to distribute and distribution of over 500 grams of methamphetamine in the Billings area.
Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that MOSIER will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, MOSIER 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 a cooperative effort between the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force.
