Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025
31 people were sentenced in the Middle District of Florida in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's "Other" offense type in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 16 of them (52%) received probation only, and 14 (45%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 2.3 months.
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In brief: 31 people were sentenced in the Middle District of Florida in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's "Other" offense type in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 16 of them (52%) received probation only, and 14 (45%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 2.3 months.
This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 31 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.
What Is in the "Other" Category?
"Other" is the Commission's catch-all offense type for cases that do not fit its named categories. The most common primary guideline in this district was §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant), with 12 people. Next was §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge), with 7 people.
Other guidelines in the group were §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)) with 5 people and §2D2.3 (Operating or Directing the Operation of a Common Carrier Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs) with 1 person. These 31 people were less than 1% of the 13,145 people sentenced in the district.
Probation or Prison
More people in this group received probation only than received a prison term: 16 people (52%) compared with 14 (45%). Across all 94 districts, 38% of people in this offense type were sent to prison.
The median prison term among those sent to prison was 2.3 months. A quarter received 6.3 months or more, and a quarter received 0 months or less. Across all 94 districts, the median was 0.2 months. For all offenses in this district it was 57 months.
Guilty Pleas and Trial Convictions
29 of the 31 people (94%) pleaded guilty. The other 2 were convicted after a trial. Across all 94 districts the rate was 98%.
After a guilty plea, the median prison term was 0.3 months. After a trial, it was 6.3 months, which comes from 1 person sentenced to prison. A single sentence is not enough to compare trials with pleas.
Of the guilty pleas, 83% came with a written plea agreement, and 17% were straight pleas.
Guideline Range and Mandatory Minimums
19 sentences (66%) were within the guideline range. 5 (17%) were below the range at the government's request, another 5 (17%) were below it without a government request, and none were above it.
The within-range share was 90% across all 94 districts and 47% for all offenses in this district. None of the 30 people with mandatory minimum information recorded had one apply.
Supervised Release, Fines, and Criminal History
Supervised release after prison was ordered for 12 people (39%), with a median term of 24 months. Courts ordered a fine for 4 people (13%) and restitution for 4 people (13%).
In criminal history, 69% were in the lowest category (Category I) and 0% were in the highest (VI). The military records used on this site do not record criminal history.
Counts by Fiscal Year
Sentencing was concentrated in the earlier years: 23 people in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 8 people in fiscal years 2020 to 2025. The table has no rows for fiscal years 2021 and 2022, and some years show n/a for the median.
The groups are small and the category mixes unlike offenses, so the yearly medians are not a trend.
| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 5.6 months | 5 of 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4.4 months | 2 of 2 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 months | 5 of 5 |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 months | 9 of 9 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 months | 3 of 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 30.1 months | 2 of 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | n/a | 2 of 2 |
What the Records Cannot Show
Cases that ended in acquittal or dismissal are absent from this data. The prison terms shown are the sentences handed down, which can differ from time actually served.
Installations in this district that appear in this site's court-martial data: Jacksonville, MacDill AFB, and Mayport. Their service members face courts-martial in military courts, so none of those cases are counted here.
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 "Other" (31). 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 Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025 (overview)
- Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, FY2016–2025 (same district, other offense type)
- Federal Firearms Sentences in the Middle District of Florida, 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.