> ## 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. # Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Texas, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-northern-district-of-texas/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:34:23.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:34:23.000Z - Description: The Sentencing Commission's "Other" offense type covers a mixed group of federal crimes. In the Northern District of Texas, 43 people were sentenced under it in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and 28 (65%) went to prison for a median of 7.5 months. Another 12 (28%) received probation only. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) › [Federal Sentences in the Northern District of Texas, FY2016–](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-northern-district-of-texas/) › Other Offense: Northern District of Texas **In brief:** The Sentencing Commission's "Other" offense type covers a mixed group of federal crimes. In the Northern District of Texas, 43 people were sentenced under it in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and 28 (65%) went to prison for a median of 7.5 months. Another 12 (28%) received probation only. 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 43 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 Does the "Other" Category Include? "Other" is a catch-all category used by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. It is not one type of crime. In this district, the most common primary guidelines show how mixed it is. The largest group was §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant), with 16 people. Next was §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge), with 10 people. Then came §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 6 people, and §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact), with 1 person. ## Prison, Probation, and Prison Length Of the 43 people, 28 (65%) received a prison term and 12 (28%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. Across all 94 federal districts, 38% of people in this category were sent to prison, so prison was used more often in this district. The median prison term here was 7.5 months. A quarter of those sent to prison received 12.3 months or more, and a quarter received 4.8 months or less. For all districts, the median prison term for this category was 0.2 months. That figure is low because many people in the category received no prison term. For all offenses in the Northern District of Texas, the median prison term was 60 months. Terms in this category were much shorter. ## Pleas and Plea Agreements 41 of 43 people (95%) pleaded guilty, and 2 were convicted after a trial. The rate was 98% across all districts and 98% for every offense in this district. The median prison term was 8.5 months after a guilty plea and 6 months after a trial. The trial figure is based on 2 people, so the figures cannot be compared in any firm way. Among guilty pleas, 90% had a written plea agreement and 10% were straight pleas with no agreement. ## Position Against the Guideline Range Information on the guideline range was recorded for 40 people. 75% (30 people) were sentenced within the range. 15% (6 people) were below the range without a government request, and 8% (3 people) were below it at the government's request. 3% (1 person) was above the range. The all-districts share within the range for this category was 90%. Here it was lower, at 75%. Within the range for all offenses in this district was 62%. ## Other Terms of the Sentence No mandatory minimum applied to any of the 42 people with that information recorded. 27 people (63%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 24 months. A fine was ordered for 8 (19%) and restitution for 11 (26%). For criminal history, 55% were in the lowest category and 0% were in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Year-by-Year Counts The district had 17 people in this category in fiscal years 2016 to 2019 and 26 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025\. Yearly counts ranged from 1 to 7 people, and 2 years show no median because only 1 person was sentenced in each. Cases in this category were less than 1% of the 14,591 people sentenced in the district. The yearly medians in the table are too small to show a pattern. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 5 | 12.5 months | 5 of 5 | | 2017 | 5 | 7 months | 3 of 5 | | 2018 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 | | 2019 | 6 | 12 months | 6 of 6 | | 2020 | 5 | 6.5 months | 5 of 5 | | 2021 | 6 | 6 months | 6 of 6 | | 2022 | 2 | 6 months | 2 of 2 | | 2023 | 1 | n/a | 1 of 1 | | 2024 | 7 | 12 months | 7 of 7 | | 2025 | 5 | 1.5 months | 5 of 5 | ## Limits of the Data Only people who were convicted and sentenced are counted. Acquittals and dismissals are missing. Prison terms are the terms imposed, not the time actually served. Because the category mixes unrelated offenses, the overall medians do not describe any single crime. ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Texas (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Texas North") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (43). 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 Northern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-northern-district-of-texas/) (overview) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Northern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-northern-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Northern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-northern-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-northern-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Northern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-northern-district-of-texas/) (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.