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# Federal Assault Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-assault-sentences-middle-district-of-florida/
- Published: 2026-11-04T10:33:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T10:33:59.000Z
- Description: In the Middle District of Florida, 66 people were sentenced for assault offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 64 (97%) received a prison term, with a median of 91 months (7.6 years). The median was higher than the 42 months across all 94 districts.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the Middle District of Florida, 66 people were sentenced for assault offenses in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 64 (97%) received a prison term, with a median of 91 months (7.6 years). The median was higher than the 42 months across all 94 districts.

Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025

This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 66 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/).

## Prison Terms for Assault

The U.S. Sentencing Commission's "Assault" offense type had 66 people in this district. 64 of the 66 (97%) were sentenced to prison, and 1 (2%) received probation only.

The median prison term was 91 months. A quarter received 183 months or more, and a quarter received 39.2 months or less. 1 person received a life sentence.

Across all districts, 7,573 people were sentenced for assault, 90% went to prison, and the median was 42 months. For all offenses in this district, the median was 57 months.

## Above the Guideline Range

20% (13 people) were sentenced above the guideline range. A sentence above the range means the court imposed more than the range recommended. The sheet does not give the all-district share above the range, so no comparison is made.

50% (33) were within the range, 20% (13) were below it without a government request, and 11% (7) were below it at the government's request. Across all districts, 48% were within the range. For all offenses in this district, it was 47%.

## Guilty Pleas and Trials

53 of 66 people (80%) pleaded guilty, and 13 were convicted after a trial. Across all districts, 93% pleaded guilty. For all offenses in this district, the rate was 95%.

The median prison term was 60 months after a guilty plea and 240 months after a trial. The trial figure is based on 13 people. The records do not show how the cases differed.

Among guilty pleas, 77% had a written plea agreement and 23% were straight pleas with no agreement.

## Which Guidelines Applied

The most common primary guideline was §2A2.2 (Aggravated Assault), for 44 people. Next was §2A2.1 (Assault with Intent to Commit Murder), for 16 people, and §2A2.3 (Assault), for 3 people.

A mandatory minimum applied to 8 of the 64 people with that information recorded (13%). For criminal history, 20% were in the lowest category and 26% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

## Supervised Release and Other Orders

61 people (92%) were ordered to serve supervised release, with a median term of 36 months. 1 person (2%) received supervised release for life. No fine was ordered (0%), and restitution was ordered for 9 people (14%).

## Counts and Medians by Year

The district sentenced 14 people in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 52 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. Fiscal year 2024 had the most, with 17 people and a median of 126 months.

Yearly counts ranged from 2 to 17, and yearly medians from 45.5 months to 241 months. These are small groups, and the table should not be read as a trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 2                | 241 months    | 0 of 2         |
| 2017        | 2                | 210 months    | 1 of 2         |
| 2018        | 3                | 151 months    | 3 of 3         |
| 2019        | 7                | 87 months     | 5 of 7         |
| 2020        | 5                | 48 months     | 5 of 5         |
| 2021        | 3                | 92 months     | 2 of 3         |
| 2022        | 7                | 45.5 months   | 7 of 7         |
| 2023        | 12               | 90 months     | 83%            |
| 2024        | 17               | 126 months    | 76%            |
| 2025        | 8                | 71 months     | 7 of 8         |

## What the Records Cannot Show

Only people convicted and sentenced are counted. Dismissals and acquittals are not. Prison terms are the terms imposed, not time served.

Courts-martial are tried in military courts and are not part of these federal numbers.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Middle District of Florida (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Florida Mid") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Assault" (66). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories.

Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records.

### What to Keep in Mind

**No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served.

**Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial.

**Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart.

**Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually.

**How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less.

**Mandatory minimum sentences.** Many federal statutes on drugs, images of child exploitation, child sex abuse, and firearms carry mandatory minimum prison terms. The UCMJ has mandatory minimums only for a few offenses (a dishonorable discharge or dismissal for rape and sexual assault, and life for premeditated murder). Federal sentences for these offenses are partly set by Congress, not by the judge.

## Related Analysis

- [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article)
- [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts)
- [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method)
- [Federal Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-middle-district-of-florida/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-middle-district-of-florida/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-middle-district-of-florida/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-middle-district-of-florida/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-middle-district-of-florida/) (same district, other offense type)
- [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source)
- [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source)

**About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.