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# Federal Other Offense Sentences in the Western District of Texas, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-other-sentences-western-district-of-texas/
- Published: 2026-11-04T09:52:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T09:52:08.000Z
- Description: 1,824 people were sentenced in the Western District of Texas in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 under the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type "Other". The median prison term was 0.1 months. 907 of the 1,824 were sentenced in fiscal year 2025.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** 1,824 people were sentenced in the Western District of Texas in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 under the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type "Other". The median prison term was 0.1 months. 907 of the 1,824 were sentenced in fiscal year 2025.

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 1,824 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/).

## Why the Median Prison Term Is 0.1 Months

1,592 of the 1,824 people (87%) received a prison term, and 225 (12%) received probation only. Among those sent to prison, the median prison term was 0.1 months. A quarter received 3 months or more, and a quarter received 0.1 months or less.

In all 94 districts, the median for this offense type was 0.2 months, and 38% were sent to prison. The share sent to prison was higher in this district. The records do not show how many days a term of 0.1 months represents, and prison terms are those imposed, not time served.

## Most Cases Fall Under One Misdemeanor Guideline

"Other" is the Commission's catch-all category for cases that do not fit its named types. The most common primary guideline was §2X5.2 (Class A Misdemeanors (Not Covered by Another Specific Offense Guideline)), with 760 people.

Smaller groups had §2D2.2 (Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Forgery, Fraud, Deception, or Subterfuge) with 5 people, §2A5.2 (Interference with Flight Crew Member or Flight Attendant) with 5, and §2D1.12 with 2.

## A Large Jump in Fiscal Year 2025

In fiscal years 2016 to 2019, 334 people were sentenced. In fiscal years 2020 to 2025, 1,490 people were sentenced. The yearly table shows 75 people in fiscal year 2024 and 907 in fiscal year 2025.

The median prison term was 8 months in fiscal year 2023 and 0.1 months in fiscal year 2025\. The records show these counts but not the reasons for them.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 46               | 10 months     | 93%            |
| 2017        | 61               | 0.3 months    | 98%            |
| 2018        | 65               | 2.5 months    | 98%            |
| 2019        | 162              | 2.5 months    | 100%           |
| 2020        | 84               | 2 months      | 100%           |
| 2021        | 88               | 0.9 months    | 100%           |
| 2022        | 109              | 2.7 months    | 100%           |
| 2023        | 227              | 8 months      | 100%           |
| 2024        | 75               | 0.2 months    | 100%           |
| 2025        | 907              | 0.1 months    | 100%           |

## Pleas and Trials

1,819 of 1,824 people (more than 99%) pleaded guilty, and 5 were convicted after a trial. After a guilty plea the median prison term was 0.1 months. After a trial it was 0.2 months, based on 1 person sent to prison.

Of the guilty pleas, 9% had a written plea agreement and 87% were straight pleas with no agreement.

## Sentences Against the Guideline Range

Of 1,759 people with the information, 83% (1,466) were within the guideline range. 16% (279) were above it. Fewer than 1% were below it, with 10 at the government's request and 4 without one.

In all 94 districts, 90% were within the range. Across every offense type in this district, the rate was 77%.

## Other Conditions

489 people (27%) were ordered to serve supervised release, with a median term of 12 months. A fine was ordered for 269 (15%), and restitution for 9 (less than 1%). A mandatory minimum applied to 2 of the 1,558 people with that information recorded (less than 1%).

91% were in the lowest criminal history category.

## What Is Not in These Numbers

These cases were 2% of the 76,480 people sentenced in the district. Only convicted and sentenced people are counted. Courts-martial at installations in the district are tried in military courts, and these federal figures do not describe them.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Western District of Texas (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Texas West") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Other" (1,824). 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 Western District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-western-district-of-texas/) (overview)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Western District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-western-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Western District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-western-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Western District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-western-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Western District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-western-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.