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# Federal Burglary and Trespass Sentences in the District of Colorado, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-burglary-trespass-sentences-district-of-colorado/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:09:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:09:51.000Z
- Description: The District of Colorado sentenced 13 people for burglary or trespass offenses in fiscal years 2017 to 2024. 9 (69%) received a prison term, with a median of 24 months, compared with 18 months for all 94 districts. Restitution was ordered for 11 of the 13 people (85%).
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** The District of Colorado sentenced 13 people for burglary or trespass offenses in fiscal years 2017 to 2024\. 9 (69%) received a prison term, with a median of 24 months, compared with 18 months for all 94 districts. Restitution was ordered for 11 of the 13 people (85%).

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 13 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 and Probation

Prison was the result for 9 of the 13 people (69%). Probation only was the result for 4 (31%). For all districts, 80% were sent to prison.

Among those sent to prison in Colorado, the median prison term was 24 months (2 years). A quarter received 41 months or more, and a quarter received 12 months or less. The median for all offenses in the District of Colorado was 36 months. The figures are terms imposed, not time served.

## Restitution and Supervised Release

Restitution was ordered for 11 people (85%). No fine was ordered (0%).

Supervised release after prison was ordered for 8 people (62%), with a median term of 36 months. No mandatory minimum prison term applied to any of the 12 people with that information recorded (0%).

## Offense Type and Guideline

"Burglary/Trespass" is a category the U.S. Sentencing Commission assigns. In Colorado, §2B2.1 (Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence) was the primary guideline for 11 of the 13 people.

These cases were less than 1% of the 4,231 people sentenced in the district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025.

## Criminal History

In criminal history, 15% were in the lowest category, Category I, and 23% were in the highest, Category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

## Pleas and Guideline Range

All 13 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and no one went to trial. For all districts, 97% pleaded guilty. All guilty pleas had a written plea agreement.

A sentence within that range was given to 7 people (54%). A sentence below the range at the government's request was given to 5 (38%), and 1 (8%) was below the range without that request. No sentence was above the range (0%).

For all districts, 63% of sentences in this offense type were within the range. For all offenses in the District of Colorado, the figure was 36%.

## Counts by Year

The district sentenced 2 people in this offense type in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 11 people in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. The table lists only the years with cases.

Each listed year has between 1 and 5 people. The median was 48 months in 2017 and 3 months in 2024, but each figure comes from so few people that it points to no trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2017        | 1                | 48 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2019        | 1                | 18 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2020        | 2                | 24 months     | 2 of 2         |
| 2021        | 2                | 45.5 months   | 2 of 2         |
| 2022        | 5                | 12 months     | 5 of 5         |
| 2024        | 2                | 3 months      | 2 of 2         |

## Limits of the Records

Nobody who was acquitted, and no dismissed case, can be found in this data, because it begins at sentencing.

The court-martial records on this site cover Buckley SFB, Fort Carson, Peterson SFB, and the U.S. Air Force Academy, which lie in the district. Those cases are handled by military courts. Nothing here connects an installation to these 13 federal cases.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Colorado (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Colorado") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Burglary/Trespass" (13). 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.

## 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 District of Colorado, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-district-of-colorado/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Colorado, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-district-of-colorado/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Colorado, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-district-of-colorado/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Colorado, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-district-of-colorado/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Colorado, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-district-of-colorado/) (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.