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# Federal Assault Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-assault-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:03:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:03:31.000Z
- Description: 23 people were sentenced for assault offenses in the Middle District of Georgia in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 18 of them (78%) received a prison term, with a median of 64 months (5.3 years). Across all 94 federal districts, 90% of people in this offense type were sent to prison, with a median of 42
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** 23 people were sentenced for assault offenses in the Middle District of Georgia in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 18 of them (78%) received a prison term, with a median of 64 months (5.3 years). Across all 94 federal districts, 90% of people in this offense type were sent to prison, with a median of 42 months.

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 23 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/).

## A Small Group With a Wide Range of Prison Terms

Of the 23 people, 18 (78%) received a prison term and 5 (22%) received probation only. Probation only means no prison or other confinement.

Among the 18 sent to prison, the median was 64 months (5.3 years). A quarter received 120 months or more, and a quarter received 7.8 months or less. The terms are the ones imposed, not time served. The range is wide, and 18 people is a small group.

## Nationwide Figures for Assault

Nationally, 7,573 people were sentenced in the Commission's "Assault" offense type. 90% were sent to prison, and the median prison term was 42 months. Guilty pleas were 93%.

In this district, the share sent to prison was lower than the national share. The median prison term was higher. The district's median for all offenses was 51 months, so the assault median was also higher than that.

## Which Guidelines Applied

The offense type is the Commission's grouping. In this district, §2A2.2 (Aggravated Assault) was the primary guideline for 12 people. §2A2.3 (Assault) applied to 6, and §2A2.1 (Assault with Intent to Commit Murder) applied to 2.

A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 4 of the 17 people with that information recorded (24%). These cases were less than 1% of the 4,094 people sentenced in the district.

## Guilty Pleas and the Single Trial

22 of the 23 people (96%) pleaded guilty, and 1 was convicted after a trial. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 71 months. The one person convicted at trial and sent to prison has a term listed as 1 months, so a comparison with the plea group would rest on a single case and is not meaningful.

Among guilty pleas, 64% had a written plea agreement and 32% were straight pleas with no agreement.

## Sentences Against the Guideline Range

Information was available for 22 people. 77% (17) were within the guideline range. 9% (2) were below the range at the government's request, and 9% (2) were below the range without a government request. 5% (1) was above the range.

Nationally, 48% of assault sentences were within the range. For all offenses in this district, the share was 66%.

## Supervised Release, Fines, Restitution, and Criminal History

15 people (65%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 1 (4%), and restitution for 4 (17%).

50% were in criminal history category I, the lowest, and 14% were in category VI, the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

## Yearly Counts Are Too Small to Compare

The district sentenced 12 people in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 11 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. No year had more than 5 people, and the table has no row for fiscal year 2022\. Yearly medians ranged from 0 months to 125.5 months, which reflects very small groups and not a trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 2                | 125.5 months  | 2 of 2         |
| 2017        | 3                | 120 months    | 2 of 3         |
| 2018        | 5                | 60 months     | 5 of 5         |
| 2019        | 2                | 64 months     | 2 of 2         |
| 2020        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2021        | 3                | 27.5 months   | 3 of 3         |
| 2023        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2024        | 5                | 71 months     | 5 of 5         |
| 2025        | 1                | 120 months    | 1 of 1         |

## What the Records Do Not Show

The Commission counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in the data, and the facts of individual cases are not given. Fort Benning, Moody AFB, and Robins AFB are in this district, but courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Middle District of Georgia (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Georgia Mid") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Assault" (23). 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 Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-middle-district-of-georgia/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Middle District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-middle-district-of-georgia/) (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.