FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, May 09, 2008
MARK TILLMAN DAYMAN 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 Missoula, on May 9, 2008, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, MARK TILLMAN DAYMAN, a 37-year-old resident of Helena, appeared for sentencing. DAYMAN was sentenced to a term of:
- Prison: 16 months
- Special Assessment: $100
- Supervised Release: 3 years
DAYMAN was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to failure to register as a sexual offender.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
In January of 2006 in Spokane County Court, Washington, DAYMAN was convicted of indecent liberties non-forcible compulsion, a felony. DAYMAN was sentenced to the Washington State Department of Corrections. He served his 15 month term of imprisonment and was released on June 1, 2007 in Washington. DAYMAN was required to register as a sexual offender as part of the judgment and he knew of that requirement. DAYMAN last filled out a sexual offender registration form on June 27, 2007 in Spokane County, Washington, wherein he notified the county of his registration address as "homeless, place of stay H.O.C." He also was informed that he needed to register weekly as a transient and provide written notice of any change in address.
DAYMAN ultimately traveled to Montana where he resided in the Lewis & Clark County area. DAYMAN failed to register in Montana at any time from his arrival date in approximately August of 2007 until present. He also had an outstanding warrant for a probation violation and for failing to register as a sex offender out of Washington.
On October 29, 2007, a Deputy U.S. Marshal received information that DAYMAN, a prior convicted sexual offender from the State of Washington, was believed to have left his last known registered address in Spokane, Washington, and was residing in the Lewis & Clark County area.
The Montana Sexual and Violent Offender Registry and the Helena Police Department and the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office confirmed that DAYMAN had not registered as required by law. The Montana Sexual and Violent Offender Registry confirms that DAYMAN is currently out of compliance with Montana's Sexual Offender Registry requirements and has been so since entering Montana in approximately August of 2007.
Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that DAYMAN will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, DAYMAN 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 prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service.
