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M.D. Fla. · fiscal year 20181 Oct 2017 – 30 Sep 2018

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Middle District of Florida, fiscal year 2018

M.D. Fla. · Eleventh Circuit · FY2018 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 2018 (1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018), 1,542 sentenced cases in the Middle District of Florida appear in the Commission's datafile.

The median prison term was 57 months (4 yr 9 mo); 89% of cases carried a prison term. 52% of sentences were within the guideline range, 20% below it on a government motion, 26% below it for other reasons and 2% above it.

1,542cases sentenced
57median prison monthsnational FY2018: 24
52%within guideline rangenational 51%
89%cases with a prison termnational 91%

§ 1Offence types sentenced in FY2018

Primary offence typeCasesSharePrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, other
Drug Trafficking56536.6%97%11039%33%28%
Immigration35623.1%90%579%7%12%
Fraud/Theft/Embezzlement23215.0%69%2551%19%29%
Firearms17711.5%—6054%13%29%
Child Pornography402.6%100%84——68%
Sex Abuse312.0%—24055%——
Robbery281.8%100%12154%——
Money Launder181.2%—40———
Administration of Justice140.9%—17———
Forgery/Counter/Copyright130.8%—————
Obscenity/Other Sex Offenses130.8%—17—0%—
Tax110.7%—————
14 other offence types, pooled442.9%fewer than 10 cases each

§ 2FY2018 compared

MeasureM.D. Fla.11th Cir.All districts
Cases sentenced1,5426,59669,425
Median prison months573724
Cases with a prison term89%88%91%
Within guideline range52%56%51%
Below range, government sponsored20%19%27%
Below range, other26%22%20%
Above range2%2%3%

§ 3All fiscal years, M.D. Fla.

Fiscal yearCasesPrisonMedian monthsWithin rangeBelow, gov.Below, otherAbove
FY20181,54289%5752%20%26%2%
FY20191,59490%4648%22%28%2%
FY20201,22286%4150%18%30%2%
FY20211,06689%7041%22%33%4%
FY20221,01892%7041%24%32%3%
FY20231,10492%6041%22%35%3%
FY20241,13691%6046%20%30%5%
FY20251,52890%4653%16%26%5%

FY2019 →

§ 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 2018 datafile. Counts below 10 are hidden or pooled. Errors in this site's processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections. Whole period: Middle District of Florida, FY2018–FY2025.