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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, August 07, 2008

 

TIRRELL LEWIS 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 August 7, 2008, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, TIRRELL LEWIS, a resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. LEWIS was sentenced to a term of:

  • Prison: 96 months
  • Special Assessment: $200
  • Supervised Release: 3 years

LEWIS was sentenced after having been found guilty during a 11/2-day trial of being a felon-in-possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that LEWIS will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, LEWIS 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Billings Big Sky Safe Streets Task Force.

 

 

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