DAVID STUBBS 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 May 18, 2007, before Senior U.S. District Judge Wm. Fremming Nielsen, DAVID STUBBS, a 32-year-old resident of Denver, Colorado, appeared for sentencing. STUBBS was sentenced to a term of:

Prison: 37 months
Special Assessment: $100
Supervised Release: 8 years
STUBBS was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine.

In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:

From approximately mid-October of 2006, to November 17, 2006, in Billings, and elsewhere, STUBBS, co-defendant Fausto Bonilla-Dominquez, and other individuals were involved in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine.

Bonilla-Dominquez pled guilty to and was sentenced on federal charges.

Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that STUBBS will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, STUBBS 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 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

United States Attorney's Office for the District of Montana

P.O. Box 1478
Billings, MT 59103

CONTACT

Kurt Alme
First Assistant U.S. Attorney
(406) 247-4669