coolrich001,
I got to talk to his lawyer today face to face, the charges are basically the same but the web site was different. He is being charged with conspiracy to distribute in Montana, here is was receiving and distributing. She also told the judge that if they NY state had known about the new charges before a plea agreement was in place they probably could have combined cases and kept everything here. She also told me that she thinks any time given by Montana will be served at the same time as time given by NY. She also said that she thinks the hardest thing for him in regards to Montana will be the fact of being away from here, and having access to his meds and food that he can actually eat.

tomsmother,
I am glad to hear things (kind of) worked out well for your son. Best of luck to both of you.

Just so everyone is up to date, my son got 10 years, plus 10 years supervised. Next he will be going to Montana to face a judge there, probably the end of next week.

Keep us posted on what happens. He will probably get concurrent sentencing. I just hope for you and him that the prosecutor and judge don't go overboard and go for a higher sentence. His point value will rise due to the first plea and that should be fought.

I will definitely keep you posted. I will probably be on this site for many more years, I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't found you guys.
He plans on fighting the conspiracy charges. I also pray they don't go overboard (after all, it's an election year) but who knows. Here his lawyer asked for less than 8 years due to all his issues and the fact that he is a first time offender, the prosecuting attorney wanted the max 20 years, but her office never responded to his lawyers plea for lesser time (judge was pissed at her office), so he kinda went middle road 10 years he said because first time offense (not so much as a parking ticket) and he showed true remorse for his actions. At this point fingers are crossed everything goes okay for him in Montana.

Were there any priors?

Elections are one thing you don't need to worry about with the Feds. Prosecutors and Judges are appointed. But, the more wins a prosecutor gets, the more chance he/she will be promoted. That's why defense and prosecution lawyers love plea deals. It's considered a win for both sides!!

frogpond1, no priors, not even a parking ticket!

coolrich001,
that's good to know, both sides won here that's for sure.

update, it looks like Montana is charging conspiracy, they are going for 15 year minimum sentence. Still not sure when he will be going there to face that, but probably within the next day or two.

Don't under estimate the political/public opinion angle here. Starting last year the Montana ICAC task force went nuts and made a lot of headline grabbing arrests. If you're asking yourself why the sudden flurry of activity the answer is here:

http://tinyurl.com/mp8lhbq

A $2,000,000.00 private donation

Conspiracy to what? He was already charged with possession. He can, hopefully, prove he was not an administrator. As for the donation, that was for a state agency. The Feds already have all of our money. If they need more, they print it!

Sorry coolrich but that's not accurate, the donation was to the Montana ICAC task force which is part of a federal program and is comprised of local, state and federal agencies. It was FBI agents attached to this task force that performed the investigation which led to the charges this woman's son is facing.

Okay, did not realize that. But, they still have all of our money!

Well yeah that's kind of a given lol