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E.D. Va. · fiscal year 20191 Oct 2018 – 30 Sep 2019

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Eastern District of Virginia, fiscal year 2019

E.D. Va. · Fourth Circuit · FY2019 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 2019 (1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019), 1,211 sentenced cases in the Eastern District of Virginia appear in the Commission's datafile. FY2018 had 69,425.

The median prison term was 30 months (2 yr 6 mo); 74% of cases carried a prison term. 65% of sentences were within the guideline range, 8% below it on a government motion, 25% below it for other reasons and 2% above it.

1,211cases sentencedFY2018: 1,331
30median prison monthsnational FY2019: 21
65%within guideline rangenational 51%
74%cases with a prison termnational 92%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2019

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking26922.2%—8448%13%38%
Immigration22518.6%—384%—13%
Other21517.8%12%098%——
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement16513.6%62%2762%10%26%
Firearms1129.2%86%4446%15%36%
Child Pornography504.1%—75——74%
Drug Possession373.1%——91%——
Robbery282.3%100%15150%——
Sex Abuse191.6%100%180——58%
Money Launder151.2%100%30———
Assault131.1%—37———
Tax100.8%———0%—
12 other offence types, pooled534.4%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2019 compared

MeasureE.D. Va.4th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced1,2115,79076,538
Median prison months304621
Cases with a prison term74%88%92%
Within guideline range65%56%51%
Below range, government sponsored8%19%26%
Below range, other25%22%20%
Above range2%3%2%

§ 3All fiscal years, E.D. Va.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY20181,33170%4865%6%27%3%
FY20191,21174%3065%8%25%2%
FY202081371%3960%7%30%3%
FY202196873%4855%10%33%3%
FY202291978%3853%16%28%3%
FY202388483%6049%16%31%4%
FY202477778%4850%16%31%3%
FY202588480%4854%12%31%3%

← FY2018FY2020 →

§ 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 2019 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Eastern District of Virginia, FY2018–FY2025.