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# Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Florida, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-northern-district-of-florida/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:14:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:14:16.000Z
- Description: In the Northern District of Florida, 97 of the 137 people sentenced in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's "Other" offense type (71%) received probation only, and 35 (26%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 5 months. A fine was ordered for 107 people (78%).
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the Northern District of Florida, 97 of the 137 people sentenced in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's "Other" offense type (71%) received probation only, and 35 (26%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 5 months. A fine was ordered for 107 people (78%).

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 137 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/).

## What "Other" Means and Who Is in It

"Other" is a category the Commission uses for cases that do not fit its named offense types. It is not a single offense, so the numbers describe a mixed group.

137 people were sentenced in this group in the Northern District of Florida over fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. They were 5% of the 2,768 people sentenced in the district. Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 72 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 65.

The most common primary guideline was §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 76 people. §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant) had 3 people, and §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge) had 2.

## Probation Was the Most Common Sentence

97 of the 137 people (71%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. 35 (26%) received a prison term.

Across all 94 districts, 38% of people in this offense type were sent to prison. The share here is lower than the national share.

Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 5 months. A quarter received 11 months or more, and a quarter received 0.7 months or less. The national median was 0.2 months, which is lower than the median here. The median for all offenses in the district was 48 months.

## Fines Were Common

A fine was ordered for 107 people (78%), and restitution for 9 (7%). Few of these people were ordered to serve supervised release after prison: 23 (17%), with a median term of 12 months.

Supervised release follows a prison term, and most people in this group did not receive one.

## Sentences Mostly Matched the Guideline Range

The Commission had guideline-range information for 112 of the people. 101 (90%) were sentenced within the range. 1 person (less than 1%) was below the range at the government's request, 8 (7%) were below it without a government request, and 2 (2%) were above it.

Nationally, 90% of sentences in this offense type were within the range, which is the same as the share here. For all offenses in the district, the share was 44%.

A mandatory minimum applied to 1 of the 52 people with that information recorded (2%).

## Pleas and Plea Agreements

134 of 137 people (98%) pleaded guilty, and 3 were convicted after a trial. The national rate was 98% as well, and the rate for all offenses in the district was 93%.

The median prison term was 4.5 months after a guilty plea and 5 months after a trial, based on 3 people. Most pleas here were straight pleas: 85% had no written plea agreement, and 11% had one.

## Criminal History and Yearly Counts

59% of the people were in the lowest criminal history category, and 3% were in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

The yearly count ran from 7 people in 2025 to 24 in 2017\. Yearly medians range from 0.5 months in 2023 to 21 months in 2019\. A median can be based on only a few people who received prison, so the table does not show a trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 20               | 11 months     | 95%            |
| 2017        | 24               | 9.2 months    | 100%           |
| 2018        | 15               | 6 months      | 100%           |
| 2019        | 13               | 21 months     | 100%           |
| 2020        | 8                | 3.9 months    | 8 of 8         |
| 2021        | 11               | 4 months      | 91%            |
| 2022        | 14               | 4 months      | 100%           |
| 2023        | 13               | 0.5 months    | 100%           |
| 2024        | 12               | 9.2 months    | 100%           |
| 2025        | 7                | 0.6 months    | 6 of 7         |

## Limits and Military Courts

The district contains Eglin AFB, Hurlburt Field, Pensacola, and Tyndall AFB, which appear in this site's court-martial data. Courts-martial are tried in military courts. The federal numbers here come only from people convicted and sentenced, and prison terms are those imposed, not served.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Florida (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Florida North") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (137). 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 Northern District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-northern-district-of-florida/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Northern District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-northern-district-of-florida/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Northern District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-northern-district-of-florida/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Northern District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-northern-district-of-florida/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Florida, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-northern-district-of-florida/) (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.