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# Federal Robbery Sentences in the Eastern District of Texas, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-robbery-sentences-eastern-district-of-texas/
- Published: 2026-11-04T10:34:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T10:34:30.000Z
- Description: In the Eastern District of Texas, 238 people were sentenced for robbery in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and 236 (more than 99%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 96 months (8 years), compared with 90 months for robbery in all 94 federal districts. Restitution was ordered for 151 peopl
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** In the Eastern District of Texas, 238 people were sentenced for robbery in fiscal years 2016 to 2025, and 236 (more than 99%) received a prison term. The median prison term was 96 months (8 years), compared with 90 months for robbery in all 94 federal districts. Restitution was ordered for 151 people (63%).

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 238 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/).

## Prison Terms for Robbery

Among the 236 people sent to prison, the middle sentence was 96 months. The longest-sentenced quarter received 151 months or more, and the shortest-sentenced quarter received 60 months or less.

For all 94 districts together, the median for robbery was 90 months, which is lower than the median here. The district's median across all offenses was 64.5 months, lower than the robbery median.

Only 2 people (less than 1%) received probation only. Nationwide, 99% of people sentenced for robbery were sent to prison. The Commission reports the sentence the court imposed, which is not the same as time served.

## One Guideline Covers Nearly Every Case

"Robbery" is the Commission's offense type, assigned by the primary guideline. A total of 236 people were sentenced under §2B3.1 (Robbery), and 2 under §2X3.1 (Accessory After the Fact).

Across the district, 3% of the 7,998 people sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 fell in this offense type.

## Mandatory Minimums and Guideline Range

A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 49 of the 238 people (21%).

Within the guideline range were 67% of the sentences (159). Below the range at the government's request were 18% (43), and below the range without a government request were 3% (6). Above the range were 13% (30).

For all districts, 40% of robbery sentences were within the range. For all offenses in this district, the figure was 64%.

## Pleas and Trials

A total of 236 people (more than 99%) pleaded guilty, and 2 were convicted after a trial. All of the guilty pleas had a written plea agreement.

The median prison term after a guilty plea was 96 months. After a trial it was 366 months, based on only 2 people. A group of 2 is too small for any comparison of trials and pleas.

Nationwide, 95% of people sentenced for robbery pleaded guilty.

## Restitution, Supervised Release, and Criminal History

Restitution was ordered for 151 people (63%), and no fines were ordered. Supervised release after prison was ordered for 236 people (more than 99%), with a median term of 36 months.

Criminal history was in the lowest category for 35% and in the highest for 19%. The court-martial system keeps no criminal history field, so no military figure matches this one.

## Yearly Counts Vary

From fiscal years 2016 to 2019, 88 people were sentenced. From fiscal years 2020 to 2025, 150 were sentenced. The fiscal year runs from October 1 through the end of September.

Yearly counts went from 11 people in fiscal year 2022 to 41 people in fiscal year 2020\. Fiscal year 2022 had a median of 141 months, and fiscal year 2020 had a median of 72 months. The records give no reason for the difference.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 29               | 84 months     | 100%           |
| 2017        | 12               | 106 months    | 92%            |
| 2018        | 23               | 97 months     | 100%           |
| 2019        | 24               | 110 months    | 96%            |
| 2020        | 41               | 72 months     | 100%           |
| 2021        | 12               | 93.5 months   | 100%           |
| 2022        | 11               | 141 months    | 100%           |
| 2023        | 25               | 96 months     | 100%           |
| 2024        | 23               | 96 months     | 100%           |
| 2025        | 38               | 108 months    | 100%           |

## What Is Not in the Records

The Commission data starts at sentencing. It leaves out people who were acquitted or whose cases were dismissed, and it gives no facts about any single robbery.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Texas East") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Robbery" (238). 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 Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-eastern-district-of-texas/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Eastern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-eastern-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Eastern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-eastern-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Eastern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-eastern-district-of-texas/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Eastern District of Texas, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-eastern-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.