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D. Me. · fiscal year 20231 Oct 2022 – 30 Sep 2023

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District of Maine, fiscal year 2023

D. Me. · First Circuit · FY2023 nationally

The datafile contains cases reported to the Commission with sentencing documents. Sentence length statistics use the Commission's capped variable (sentences of 470 months or longer, including life, are recorded as 470 months) and exclude sentences of probation or a fine only. Figures are aggregates of past cases and are not a prediction for any case.

In fiscal year 2023 (1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023), 116 sentenced cases in the District of Maine appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2022 had 64,142.

The median prison term was 42 months (3 yr 6 mo); 86% of cases carried a prison term. 24% of sentences were within the guideline range, 49% below it on a government motion, 22% below it for other reasons and — above it.

116cases sentencedFY2022: 180
42median prison monthsnational FY2023: 30
24%within guideline rangenational 42%
86%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2023

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking4437.9%—48—66%25%
Firearms2319.8%—30———
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement1311.2%—————
Child Pornography108.6%100%57———
12 other offence types, pooled2622.4%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2023 compared

MeasureD. Me.1st Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced1161,94964,124
Median prison months425130
Cases with a prison term86%92%92%
Within guideline range24%37%42%
Below range, government sponsored49%38%32%
Below range, other22%23%22%
Above range—3%4%

§ 3All fiscal years, D. Me.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY201817885%3335%37%24%—
FY201916292%3036%33%28%—
FY202011889%3043%31%25%—
FY202119989%4116%63%20%—
FY202218088%3618%56%24%—
FY202311686%4224%49%22%—
FY202413280%3627%42%29%—
FY202514487%3739%31%29%—

← FY2022FY2024 →

§ 4Provenance

Source: United States Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles, fiscal years 2018–2025 (US government works), aggregated by this site; the FY2025 file is dated 29 Apr 2026. Fiscal year 2023 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: District of Maine, FY2018–FY2025.