Federal Robbery Sentences in the District of Nevada, FY2016–2025
In the District of Nevada, 19 of the 215 people sentenced for robbery in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 were convicted after a trial, and their median prison term was 204 months. The median after a guilty plea was 84 months. For robbery in all 94 districts, the median was 90 months.
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In brief: In the District of Nevada, 19 of the 215 people sentenced for robbery in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 were convicted after a trial, and their median prison term was 204 months. The median after a guilty plea was 84 months. For robbery in all 94 districts, the median was 90 months.
This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 215 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.
Trial Sentences and Plea Sentences
Of the 215 people, 196 (91%) pleaded guilty and 19 were convicted after a trial. In all districts, 95% of robbery cases ended in a guilty plea, so the district plea rate was lower.
The median prison term was 84 months after a guilty plea and 204 months after a trial. The trial figure is based on 19 people. It compares the plea group with the trial group and does not show what a trial added to any one sentence.
Among the guilty pleas, 88% had a written plea agreement and 12% were straight pleas.
Prison Terms Compared With Other Districts
A total of 208 of 215 people (97%) received a prison term, and 6 (3%) received probation only. In all districts, 99% were sent to prison.
The median prison term was 84 months, or 7 years. A quarter received 138.8 months or more, and a quarter received 48 months or less. The all-districts median was 90 months. The median for all offenses in this district was 33 months.
The Guideline Range and Mandatory Minimums
Of the 214 people with guideline information, 74 (35%) were within the range. The largest group, 87 people (41%), was below the range at the government's request. Another 45 (21%) were below it without a request, and 8 (4%) were above it.
In all districts, 40% of robbery sentences were within the range. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 92 of the 215 people (43%).
Restitution and Supervised Release
Restitution was ordered for 168 people (78%), and a fine for 1 person (less than 1%). Supervised release followed prison for 208 people (97%), with a median term of 36 months.
On criminal history, 20% were in the lowest category, category I, and 21% were in the highest, category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.
What the Robbery Category Contains
"Robbery" is the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type. The primary guideline was §2B3.1 (Robbery) for 210 people, §2X1.1 (Attempt, Solicitation, or Conspiracy (Not Covered by a Specific Offense Guideline)) for 3, and §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact) for 2.
Robbery was 6% of the district's 3,640 sentenced cases in fiscal years 2016 to 2025.
Yearly Counts
Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 124 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 91. Fiscal year 2020 had 9 people, the smallest yearly count in the table, and the largest was 35.
Yearly medians range from 49 months to 115 months. Years with fewer than 20 people can change a lot from a few cases, so the records do not support describing a trend.
| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 33 | 82 months | 88% |
| 2017 | 32 | 115 months | 100% |
| 2018 | 24 | 87 months | 83% |
| 2019 | 35 | 63 months | 94% |
| 2020 | 9 | 49 months | 8 of 9 |
| 2021 | 16 | 54 months | 88% |
| 2022 | 23 | 94 months | 87% |
| 2023 | 18 | 84 months | 100% |
| 2024 | 12 | 102 months | 83% |
| 2025 | 13 | 84 months | 92% |
Scope of the Data
Creech AFB and Nellis AFB are in this district. Courts-martial are tried in military courts, not in this federal district court, and these numbers do not connect the installations to these cases.
The data covers only people who were convicted and sentenced. It does not show the facts of any robbery.
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 "Robbery" (215). 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 (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.