> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # §2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2019 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure-fy2019/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:28:44.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:28:44.000Z - Description: Of the 48 people sentenced under §2B2.1 in fiscal year 2019, restitution was ordered for 23 (48%). 46 people (96%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 18 months. All 48 pleaded guilty. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a R](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure/) › §2B2.1: FY2019 **In brief:** Of the 48 people sentenced under §2B2.1 in fiscal year 2019, restitution was ordered for 23 (48%). 46 people (96%) received a prison term, and the median prison term was 18 months. All 48 pleaded guilty. 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 48 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2019\. 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/). ## Restitution Orders in Fiscal Year 2019 The U.S. Sentencing Commission recorded 48 people in fiscal year 2019 whose primary guideline was §2B2.1\. The Guidelines Manual titles this guideline "Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence." Restitution was ordered for 23 of them (48%), and a fine was ordered for 1 (2%). These figures show only whether an order was made. They do not give the dollar amounts or say what the order covered. ## Prison Terms and Supervised Release 46 of the 48 people (96%) were sentenced to prison. 1 person (2%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. The median prison term among those sent to prison was 18 months. A quarter received 26.2 months or more, and a quarter received 12 months or less. Supervised release after prison was ordered for 46 people (96%), with a median term of 36 months. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 38 people with that information recorded. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 40 | 18 months | 100% | | 2017 | 60 | 21 months | 98% | | 2018 | 34 | 24 months | 100% | | 2019 | 48 | 18 months | 100% | | 2020 | 36 | 18 months | 94% | | 2021 | 54 | 22.5 months | 100% | | 2022 | 69 | 24 months | 100% | | 2023 | 48 | 26.5 months | 100% | | 2024 | 52 | 25.5 months | 98% | | 2025 | 34 | 19 months | 97% | ## Guilty Pleas All 48 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and 0 were convicted after a trial. Among the guilty pleas, 94% had a written plea agreement and 4% were straight pleas with no agreement. Because the Commission's data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced, it does not show acquittals or dismissed cases. ## How the Sentences Related to the Guideline Range 27 people (56%) were within the guideline range. 15 (31%) were below the range without a government request, and 2 (4%) were below it at the government's request. 4 (8%) were above the range. The within-range share was 59% in fiscal year 2018 and 44% in fiscal year 2020\. Over fiscal years 2016 to 2025 it was 52% for this guideline, and for all guidelines in fiscal year 2019 it was 51%. ## Criminal History 35% of the group were in criminal history category I, the lowest. 8% were in category VI, the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Neighboring Years and All Federal Sentences A case is counted under this guideline when it was the primary guideline, which is the one that set the offense level for the most serious count. Fiscal year 2018 had 34 people under this guideline and a median prison term of 24 months. Fiscal year 2020 had 36 people and a median of 18 months. Across fiscal years 2016 to 2025, 475 people were sentenced under §2B2.1\. 92% went to prison, and the median prison term was 21 months. All guidelines combined in fiscal year 2019 covered 76,538 people, with a median prison term of 21 months and 98% guilty pleas. ## What the Records Do Not Show Fiscal year 2019 ran from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019\. The Commission classifies these 48 cases as the offense type Burglary/Trespass. The approved crosswalk gives no close court-martial counterpart, so only federal numbers appear here. The records do not describe individual cases or the reasons for sentences. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2019 whose primary sentencing guideline was §2B2.1 (48), U.S. Sentencing Commission individual data files. The primary guideline is the one that set the offense level for the most serious count. 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) - [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure/) (overview) - [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure-fy2018/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [§2B2.1 Burglary of a Residence or a Structure Other than a Residence: Federal Sentences, Fiscal Year 2020](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-guideline-2b2-1-burglary-of-a-residence-or-a-structure-fy2020/) (previous or next fiscal year) - [How Often Federal Judges Sentence Outside the Guideline Range](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-sentences-outside-guideline-range/) - [Mandatory Minimums: How Many Federal Sentences Are Set by Congress](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-mandatory-minimum-sentences/) - [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.