Federal Other Offense Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025
11 people in the District of Nevada were sentenced in the Commission's "Other" offense type in fiscal years 2017 to 2024. 5 (45%) received a prison term, with a median of 2 months. All 11 pleaded guilty, and 10 were sentenced within the guideline range.
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In brief: 11 people in the District of Nevada were sentenced in the Commission's "Other" offense type in fiscal years 2017 to 2024. 5 (45%) received a prison term, with a median of 2 months. All 11 pleaded guilty, and 10 were sentenced within the guideline range.
This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 11 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 series, which builds on Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System. How the numbers were built: How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built.
A Mixed Category With Short Sentences
The Commission's "Other" offense type collects cases that do not fit its named categories, so the people in it can differ widely from each other. The most common primary guidelines in Nevada were §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 4 people, and §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant), with 2.
These cases were less than 1% of the 3,640 people sentenced in the District of Nevada in fiscal years 2016 to 2025.
Prison and Probation
5 of the 11 people (45%) received a prison term, and 4 (36%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. Across all districts, 38% of people in this category were sent to prison.
Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 2 months. A quarter received 2.9 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less. For all districts the median for this category was 0.2 months, and for all offenses in the District of Nevada it was 33 months. Terms are those imposed, not time served.
Almost All Within the Guideline Range
Of the 11 people with this information, 91% (10) were sentenced within the guideline range, and 9% (1) were above it. None was below the range, either at the government's request or without it.
For all districts, 90% of people in this category were sentenced within the range. For all offenses in the District of Nevada the figure was 33%. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 9 people with that information recorded.
Guilty Pleas
All 11 people (100%) pleaded guilty, and none was convicted after a trial. Guilty pleas were 98% for this category in all districts and 96% for all offenses in this district. Among the guilty pleas, 91% had a written plea agreement and 9% were straight pleas.
Supervision, Fines, Restitution, and Criminal History
4 people (36%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 12 months. A fine was ordered for 3 (27%), and restitution for 2 (18%).
For criminal history, 6 of the 8 people with that information were in the lowest category I, and 0 of 8 were in the highest (VI). Court-martial records have no criminal history field.
Counts by Year
3 people were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 8 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025. For this data, a fiscal year starts October 1 and ends the following September. The table has rows only for years with at least 1 person, and counts are 1 or 2 per year.
Medians for years with 1 or 2 people are either n/a or based on a single sentence, so they do not show a trend.
| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 12 months | 1 of 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | n/a | 2 of 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2.9 months | 1 of 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | n/a | 2 of 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 months | 2 of 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 months | 2 of 2 |
What the Records Cannot Show
The data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. It gives no case facts, so it cannot show what conduct led to a short or probation-only sentence.
Court-martial records on this site include Creech AFB and Nellis AFB, which are in the district. Courts-martial are military proceedings, separate from the federal district court counted here.
How We Counted
Everyone sentenced in federal court in the District of Nevada (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Nevada") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (11). 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 (the background article)
- Federal Prosecution Analysis (all federal posts)
- How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built (sources and method)
- Federal Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025 (overview)
- Federal Firearms Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles (source)
- Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants) (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. This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.