> ## 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 Robbery Sentences in the Eastern District of Missouri, FY2016–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-robbery-sentences-eastern-district-of-missouri/ - Published: 2026-11-04T10:35:58.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-04T10:35:58.000Z - Description: The median prison term for the 286 people sentenced for robbery in the Eastern District of Missouri in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 was 120 months. For all 94 federal districts, it was 90 months. All 286 (100%) received a prison term, and a mandatory minimum applied to 194 (68%). - 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 Eastern District of Missouri, FY201](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-eastern-district-of-missouri/) › Robbery: Eastern District of Missouri **In brief:** The median prison term for the 286 people sentenced for robbery in the Eastern District of Missouri in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 was 120 months. For all 94 federal districts, it was 90 months. All 286 (100%) received a prison term, and a mandatory minimum applied to 194 (68%). 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 286 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/). ## A Median of 120 Months Every one of the 286 people (100%) received a prison term. The median was 120 months (10 years). A quarter received 168 months or more, and a quarter received 84 months or less. For all districts, 99% were sent to prison, and the median was 90 months. The median for all offenses in the Eastern District of Missouri was 46 months, so robbery had a higher median than the district's cases as a whole. ## Mandatory Minimums Applied to 68% A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 194 of the 286 people (68%). Supervised release after prison was ordered for all 286 (100%), with a median term of 36 months. Restitution was ordered for 157 people (55%), and a fine for 2 (less than 1%). ## Pleas, Trials, and Trial Sentences 275 of the 286 people (96%) pleaded guilty, and 11 were convicted after a trial. For all districts, 95% pleaded guilty. Among guilty pleas, 99% had a written plea agreement and 1% were straight pleas. The median prison term after a guilty plea was 120 months. After a trial it was 308 months, based on 11 people convicted at trial and sent to prison. The records do not show how the cases differed, so the gap is not explained by the plea alone. ## Guideline Range Within the range were 107 sentences (37%). Below it at the government's request were 99 (35%), and below it without a request were 54 (19%). Above it were 26 (9%). For all districts, 40% of robbery sentences were within the range. For all offenses in this district, 42% were. ## Which Guidelines Were Used "Robbery" is the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type, assigned from the primary guideline in each case. §2B3.1 (Robbery) was the primary guideline for 282 people, and §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact) for 4. Robbery cases were 3% of the 9,425 people sentenced in the district. In criminal history, 34% were in the lowest category and 20% in the highest. Court-martial records have no criminal history field. ## Yearly Counts and Limits Fiscal years 2016 to 2019 had 89 people, and fiscal years 2020 to 2025 had 197\. Yearly counts range from 9 to 44, and yearly medians in the table run from 104 months to 162 months. Years with small counts, such as 9 people in fiscal year 2016, should be read with care. The data counts only people who were convicted and sentenced. Acquittals and dismissals are not in it, and prison terms are those imposed, not time served. The records cannot show why medians differ by year. | Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty | | ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | | 2016 | 9 | 105 months | 9 of 9 | | 2017 | 14 | 162 months | 79% | | 2018 | 29 | 115 months | 100% | | 2019 | 37 | 115 months | 100% | | 2020 | 35 | 104 months | 100% | | 2021 | 44 | 109.5 months | 98% | | 2022 | 32 | 130 months | 97% | | 2023 | 28 | 128.5 months | 96% | | 2024 | 32 | 117 months | 97% | | 2025 | 26 | 127.5 months | 85% | ### How We Counted Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Eastern District of Missouri (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Missouri East") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Robbery" (286). 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 Eastern District of Missouri, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-eastern-district-of-missouri/) (overview) - [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Eastern District of Missouri, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-eastern-district-of-missouri/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Eastern District of Missouri, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-eastern-district-of-missouri/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Eastern District of Missouri, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-eastern-district-of-missouri/) (same district, other offense type) - [Federal Child Pornography Sentences in the Eastern District of Missouri, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-child-pornography-sentences-eastern-district-of-missouri/) (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.