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U.S. Sentencing Commission Special Post-Booker Coding Project Information for All Cases — Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker (Data Extraction as of November 1, 2005) Prepared: December 1, 2005 U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION SPECIAL POST-BOOKER CODING PROJECT DATA EXTRACTION DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 2005 CONTENTS page NATIONAL DATA Comparison of Sentence Imposed And Position Relative to the Post-Booker Guideline Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Most Frequently Applied Guidelines: Comparison of Sentence Imposed And Position Relative to the Guideline Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Offenders Sentenced for Each Chapter Two Guideline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT DATA Guideline Offenders in Each Circuit and District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Guideline Application Trends: National and Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SENTENCE LENGTHS – MOST FREQUENTLY APPLIED GUIDELINES Distribution of Offenders Receiving Sentencing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Average and Median Sentence Imposed: Fiscal Years 1999-2000 . . . . . . . . . . 13 Average and Median Sentence Imposed: Fiscal Years 2001-2002 . . . . . . . . . . 14 Average and Median Sentence Imposed: Fiscal Year 2003 and Post-Booker . . 15 DEGREE OF DEPARTURE AND VARIANCE Departure and Variance Rate by Each Circuit and District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Substantial Assistance Departures in Each Primary Offense Category . . . . . . 19 Govt Initiated Downward Departures in Each Primary Offense Category . . . . 20 Other Downward Departures in Each Primary Offense Category . . . . . . . . . . 21 Otherwise Below Guideline Range in Each Primary Offense Category . . . . . . 22 Upward Departures in Each Primary Offense Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Otherwise Above Guideline Range in Each Primary Offense Category . . . . . . 24 NATIONAL COMPARISON OF SENTENCE IMPOSED AND POSITION RELATIVE TO THE GUIDELINE RANGE Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 N % 46,470 100.0 28,665 61.7 DEPARTURE ABOVE GUIDELINE RANGE Upward Departure from the Guideline Range 2 Upward Departure with Booker /18 U.S.C. § 35533 122 0.3 87 0.2 35 0.1 OTHERWISE ABOVE THE GUIDELINE RANGE Above the Range with Booker /18 U.S.C. § 35534 All Remaining Cases Above the Guideline Range 5 505 1.1 289 0.6 216 0.5 GOVERNMENT SPONSORED BELOW RANGE §5K1.1 Substantial Assistance Departure §5K3.1 Early Disposition Program Departure Government-Sponsored Departure 6 11,239 24.2 6,796 14.6 3,036 6.5 1,407 3.0 DEPARTURE BELOW GUIDELINE RANGE Downward Departure from the Guideline Range 2 Downward Departure with Booker /18 U.S.C. § 35533 1,529 3.3 1,085 2.3 444 1.0 OTHERWISE BELOW THE GUIDELINE RANGE Below the Range with Booker /18 U.S.C. § 35534 All Remaining Cases Below the Guideline Range 5 4,410 9.5 2,814 6.1 1,596 3.4 TOTAL 1 WITHIN GUIDELINE RANGE 1 This table reflects the 48,105 cases sentenced subsequent to the U.S. v. Booker decision on January 12, 2005, with court documentation cumulatively received, coded, and edited at the U.S. Sentencing Commission by November 1, 2005. Of this total, there are 1,635 cases excluded for one of two general reasons. Some excluded cases involve certain Class A misdemeanors or other offenses which do not reference a sentencing guideline. Other excluded cases have information missing from the submitted documents that prevents the comparison of the sentence and the guideline range. As missing documents are received, subsequent U.S. Sentencing Commission data releases will incorporate the new information. 2 All cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range and citing reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual. 3 All cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range citing reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual, and additionally mentioning either U.S. v. Booker , 18 U.S.C. § 3553, or related factors as a reason for a sentence outside of the guideline range. 4 All cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range mentioning only U.S. v. Booker, 18 U.S.C. § 3553, or related factors as a reason for a sentence outside of the guideline range. 5 Cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range that do not fall into the three previous categories. Based on the information submitted on the Statement of Reasons, these cases cannot be classified as a guideline departure, or as a sentence outside the guideline range pursuant to Booker /18 U.S.C. § 3553. This category includes cases which cite departure reasons that are not affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual and cases which do not provide any reason for the sentence outside of the guideline range. 6 Cases with a reason for departure indicating that the prosecution initiates, proposes, or stipulates to a sentence outside of the guideline range, either pursuant to a plea agreement or as part of a non-plea negotiation with the defendant. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extraction on November 1, 2005; table prepared on November 10, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding. 2 MOST FREQUENTLY APPLIED GUIDELINES: COMPARISON OF SENTENCE IMPOSED AND POSITION RELATIVE TO THE GUIDELINE RANGE Cases Sentenced Subsequent to US v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 Four Most Frequently Applied Primary Guidelines §2D1.1 Drug Trafficking All Cases §2L1.2 Unlawful Entry §2B1.1 Theft and Fraud §2K2.1 Firearms N % N % N % N % N % TOTAL 46,470 100.0 16,144 100.0 7,081 100.0 4,638 100.0 4,670 100.0 WITHIN GUIDELINE RANGE 28,665 61.7 8,642 53.5 3,991 56.4 3,246 70.0 3,314 71.0 122 0.3 13 0.1 11 0.2 17 0.4 16 0.3 87 0.2 11 0.1 7 0.1 12 0.3 10 0.2 35 0.1 2 0.0 4 0.1 5 0.1 6 0.1 505 1.1 68 0.4 59 0.8 79 1.7 105 2.2 Above the Range with Booker/18 USC §3553 289 0.6 42 0.3 37 0.5 38 0.8 52 1.1 All Remaining Cases Above the Guideline Range5 216 0.5 26 0.2 22 0.3 41 0.9 53 1.1 11,239 24.2 5,332 33.0 2,321 32.8 595 12.8 552 11.8 §5K1.1 Substantial Assistance Departure 6,796 14.6 4,207 26.1 51 0.7 447 9.6 463 9.9 §5K3.1 Early Disposition Program Departure 3,036 6.5 656 4.1 2,027 28.6 18 0.4 7 0.2 1,407 3.0 469 2.9 243 3.4 130 2.8 82 1.8 1,529 3.3 505 3.1 238 3.4 189 4.1 162 3.5 1,085 2.3 358 2.2 183 2.6 121 2.6 111 2.4 444 1.0 147 0.9 55 0.8 68 1.5 51 1.1 4,410 9.5 1,584 9.8 461 6.5 512 11.0 521 11.2 2,814 6.1 1,060 6.6 282 4.0 340 7.3 294 6.3 1,596 3.4 524 3.2 179 2.5 172 3.7 227 4.9 1 DEPARTURE ABOVE GUIDELINE 2 Upward Departure from the Guideline Range 3 Upward Departure with Booker/18 USC §3553 OTHERWISE ABOVE THE RANGE 4 GOVERNMENT BELOW GUIDELINE 6 Government-Sponsored Departure DEPARTURE BELOW GUIDELINE 2 Downward Departure from the Guideline Range 3 Downward Departure with Booker/18USC §3553 OTHERWISE BELOW THE RANGE 4 Below the Range with Booker/18 USC §3553 5 All Remaining Cases Below the Guideline Range 1 This table reflects the 48,105 cases sentenced subsequent to the US v. Booker decision on January 12, 2005, with court documentation cumulatively received, coded, and edited at the U.S. Sentencing Commission by November 1, 2005. Of this total, there are 1,635 cases excluded for one of two general reasons. Some excluded cases involve certain Class A misdemeanors or other offenses which do not reference a sentencing guideline. Other excluded cases have information missing from the submitted documents that prevents the comparison of the sentence and the guideline range. As missing documents are received, subsequent U.S. Sentencing Commission data releases will incorporate the new information. 2 All cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range and citing reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual. 3 All cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range citing reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual, and additionally mentioning either US v. Booker, 18 USC §3553, or related factors as a reason for a sentence outside of the guideline range. 4 All cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range mentioning only US v. Booker, 18 USC §3553, or related factors as a reason for a sentence outside of the guideline range. 5 Cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range that do not fall into the three previous categories. Based on the information submitted on the Statement of Reasons, these cases cannot be classified as a guideline departure, or as a sentence outside the guideline range pursuant to Booker/18 USC §3553. This category includes cases which cite departure reasons that are not affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual and cases which do not provide any reason for the sentence outside of the guideline range. 6 Cases with a reason for departure indicating that the prosecution initiates, proposes, or stipulates to a sentence outside of the guideline range, either pursuant to a plea agreement or as part of a non-plea negotiation with the defendant. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extraction on November 1, 2005; table prepared on November 10, 2005). Cases with multiple guideline calculations are classified by the guideline with the highest offense level. Summary numbers may not add up to their component parts due to rounding. 3 1 OFFENDERS SENTENCED FOR EACH CHAPTER TWO GUIDELINE Special Post-Booker Coding Project (Data Extracted November 1, 2005) Guideline As Primary Guideline n % 2A1.1 2A1.2 2A1.3 2A1.4 2A1.5 2A2.1 2A2.2 2A2.3 2A2.4 2A3.1 2A3.2 2A3.3 2A3.4 2A4.1 2A4.2 2A5.1 2A5.2 2A5.3 2A6.1 2A6.2 2B1.1 2B1.2 2B1.3 2B1.4 2B1.5 2B2.1 2B2.2 2B2.3 2B3.1 2B3.2 2B3.3 2B4.1 2B5.1 2B5.2 2B5.3 2B5.4 2B6.1 2C1.1 2C1.2 2C1.3 2C1.4 2C1.5 2C1.6 2C1.7 2D1.1 2D1.2 2D1.3 2D1.4 2D1.5 2D1.6 2D1.7 101 24 14 27 11 32 239 25 93 103 106 5 26 44 1 0 8 0 98 5 4,796 0 4 1 7 40 0 1 1,284 33 10 42 355 0 95 0 11 169 16 5 2 0 0 29 16,471 234 0 0 13 24 10 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 36.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 As Any Guideline n 109 28 14 27 29 55 277 28 107 108 123 5 36 59 1 1 8 0 103 11 5,219 0 4 1 7 48 0 1 1,365 55 14 44 379 0 105 0 11 186 16 5 2 0 0 32 17,254 241 0 0 17 127 11 % 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 35.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 Guideline 2D1.8 2D1.9 2D1.10 2D1.11 2D1.12 2D1.13 2D2.1 2D2.2 2D2.3 2D3.1 2D3.2 2D3.3 2D3.4 2D3.5 2E1.1 2E1.2 2E1.3 2E1.4 2E1.5 2E2.1 2E3.1 2E3.2 2E3.3 2E4.1 2E5.1 2E5.2 2E5.3 2E5.4 2E5.5 2E5.6 2F1.1 2F1.2 2G1.1 2G1.2 2G1.3 2G2.1 2G2.2 2G2.3 2G2.4 2G2.5 2G3.1 2G3.2 2H1.1 2H1.2 2H1.3 2H1.4 2H1.5 2H2.1 2H3.1 2H3.2 2H3.3 As Primary Guideline n % 39 0 15 129 24 0 261 26 1 3 0 0 0 0 21 10 0 10 0 26 77 0 0 18 8 0 2 0 0 0 882 2 49 1 27 69 317 0 303 1 9 0 41 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 As Any Guideline n 66 0 16 143 36 0 322 30 1 3 0 0 0 0 77 61 15 15 0 32 92 0 0 24 12 0 6 0 0 0 938 3 83 1 28 81 330 0 336 1 12 0 46 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 12 % 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 (continued) Guideline As Primary Guideline n % As Any Guideline n 2H4.1 2H4.2 2J1.1 2J1.2 2J1.3 2J1.4 2J1.5 2J1.6 2J1.7 2J1.8 2J1.9 2K1.1 2K1.2 2K1.3 2K1.4 2K1.5 2K1.6 2K1.7 2K2.1 2K2.2 2K2.3 2K2.4 2K2.5 2K2.6 2K3.1 2L1.1 2L1.2 2L1.3 2L2.1 2L2.2 2L2.3 2L2.4 2L2.5 2M1.1 2M2.1 2M2.2 2M2.3 2M2.4 2M3.1 2M3.2 2M3.3 2M3.4 2M3.5 2M3.6 2M3.7 2M3.8 2M3.9 7 0 0 82 42 10 2 37 95 0 0 3 0 29 40 9 1 0 4,697 0 0 1 10 2 0 2,200 7,175 0 279 665 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 19 115 60 20 2 50 100 0 0 4 0 29 54 9 1 0 4,972 0 0 1 11 3 0 2,257 7,268 0 299 710 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 16.1 0.0 0.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 15.0 0.0 0.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Guideline 2M4.1 2M5.1 2M5.2 2M5.3 2M6.1 2M6.2 2N1.1 2N1.2 2N1.3 2N2.1 2N3.1 2P1.1 2P1.2 2P1.3 2P1.4 2Q1.1 2Q1.2 2Q1.3 2Q1.4 2Q1.5 2Q1.6 2Q2.1 2Q2.2 2R1.1 2S1.1 2S1.2 2S1.3 2S1.4 2T1.1 2T1.2 2T1.3 2T1.4 2T1.5 2T1.6 2T1.7 2T1.8 2T1.9 2T2.1 2T2.2 2T3.1 2T3.2 2T4.1 2X1.1 2X2.1 2X3.1 2X4.1 2X5.1 As Primary Guideline n % 0 7 17 4 12 1 1 2 0 26 1 154 55 9 0 0 32 33 0 0 0 75 0 12 672 15 183 0 361 0 1 77 0 9 0 0 11 0 0 21 0 0 91 0 81 302 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 Total number of guidelines applied: Number of cases with at least one guideline applied: 1 As Any Guideline n 0 7 19 7 12 1 1 2 0 46 3 169 74 9 0 0 34 33 0 0 0 78 0 13 741 21 209 0 439 0 1 83 0 10 0 0 22 1 0 26 0 0 963 35 95 314 38 % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 48,609 44,660 Of the 48,105 cases, 3,445 were excluded due to missing guideline applied. The total for any guideline can exceed that for primary guideline because a case can have several guidelines applied, but only one primary guideline. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 10, 2005). Percents may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. 5 1 GUIDELINE OFFENDERS IN EACH CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT Special Post-Booker Coding Project (Data Extracted November 1, 2005) CIRCUIT District TOTAL D.C. CIRCUIT District of Columbia Number Percent 48,105 100.0 375 375 0.8 0.8 FIRST CIRCUIT Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Puerto Rico Rhode Island 1,088 158 337 133 363 97 2.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.2 SECOND CIRCUIT Connecticut New York Eastern Northern Southern Western Vermont 2,847 281 5.9 0.6 848 250 851 468 149 1.8 0.5 1.8 1.0 0.3 THIRD CIRCUIT Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania Eastern Middle Western Virgin Islands 2,378 117 718 4.9 0.2 1.5 722 457 292 72 1.5 1.0 0.6 0.1 FOURTH CIRCUIT Maryland North Carolina Eastern Middle Western South Carolina Virginia Eastern Western West Virginia Northern Southern 4,462 513 9.3 1.1 459 334 381 745 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.5 1,119 454 2.3 0.9 208 249 0.4 0.5 CIRCUIT District Number Percent FIFTH CIRCUIT Louisiana Eastern Middle Western Mississippi Northern Southern Texas Eastern Northern Southern Western 10,637 22.1 226 131 291 0.5 0.3 0.6 146 244 0.3 0.5 531 623 4,672 3,773 1.1 1.3 9.7 7.8 SIXTH CIRCUIT Kentucky Eastern Western Michigan Eastern Western Ohio Northern Southern Tennessee Eastern Middle Western 3,721 7.7 355 275 0.7 0.6 476 274 1.0 0.6 719 431 1.5 0.9 481 259 451 1.0 0.5 0.9 SEVENTH CIRCUIT Illinois Central Northern Southern Indiana Northern Southern Wisconsin Eastern Western 2,118 4.4 266 769 195 0.6 1.6 0.4 272 209 0.6 0.4 273 134 0.6 0.3 6 (continued) CIRCUIT District Number Percent EIGHTH CIRCUIT Arkansas Eastern Western Iowa Northern Southern Minnesota Missouri Eastern Western Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota 3,402 7.1 181 137 0.4 0.3 240 195 351 0.5 0.4 0.7 717 542 584 150 305 1.5 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.6 NINTH CIRCUIT Alaska Arizona California Central Eastern Northern Southern Guam Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada Northern Mariana Islands Oregon Washington Eastern Western 8,784 168 2,690 18.3 0.3 5.6 788 630 491 1,609 73 343 136 268 308 21 408 1.6 1.3 1.0 3.3 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.8 296 555 0.6 1.2 CIRCUIT District Number Percent TENTH CIRCUIT Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Eastern Northern Western Utah Wyoming 3,763 429 464 1,691 7.8 0.9 1.0 3.5 69 145 174 627 164 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.3 0.3 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Alabama Middle Northern Southern Florida Middle Northern Southern Georgia Middle Northern Southern 4,530 9.4 122 302 211 0.3 0.6 0.4 1,098 235 1,494 2.3 0.5 3.1 307 520 241 0.6 1.1 0.5 SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 10, 2005). Percents may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. 7 Guideline Application Trends, National and Circuit Fiscal Years 2001, 2002, 2003, Pre-Blakely FY2004, and Post-Booker FY20051 (Post-Booker data extracted November 1, 2005) NATIONAL Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 64.0% 65.0% 69.4% 72.2% 61.7% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 0.3%2 — — — — 1.1%3 17.1% 17.4% 15.9% 15.5% 14.6% — — 6.3%4 6.4% 9.5%4 18.3%5 16.8%5 7.5% 5.2% 3.3%2 — — — — 9.5%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 74.6% 59.9% 64.6% 59.2% 53.7% 0.4% 0.5% 0.2% 1.0% 0.0%2 — — — — 1.4%3 13.8% 31.1% 26.4% 31.3% 27.0% — — 4.4%4 3.9% 6.3%4 11.2%5 8.5%5 4.4% 4.7% 2.5%2 — — — — 9.3%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 73.3% 75.7% 77.3% 79.6% 64.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 0.3%2 — — — — 2.2%3 14.6% 14.4% 13.5% 13.8% 11.7% — — 4 0.7% 0.5% 2.8%4 11.7% 5 9.3% 5 7.8% 5.2% 4.2%2 — — — — 15.1%3 DC CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range FIRST CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range (continued on next page) 8 (continued – page 2 of 5) Guideline Application Trends, National and Circuit Fiscal Years 2001, 2002, 2003, Pre-Blakely FY2004, and Post-Booker FY20051 SECOND CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 57.5% 61.3% 63.2% 63.8% 49.3% 0.4% 0.6% 0.5% 0.9% 0.1%2 — — — — 0.8%3 21.7% 19.0% 17.5% 19.2% 22.6% — — 4 2.8% 2.5% 2.7%4 20.4% 5 19.1%5 16.0% 13.6% 7.2%2 — — — — 17.4%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 60.2% 58.9% 62.3% 62.6% 51.5% 0.5% 0.9% 0.9% 0.6% 0.3%2 — — — — 1.1%3 30.6% 32.3% 28.8% 30.3% 27.5% — — 4 0.6% 0.8% 1.7%4 8.8% 5 7.9%5 7.4% 5.8% 3.7%2 — — — — 14.3%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 73.7% 76.6% 77.0% 79.0% 66.6% 0.9% 0.7% 0.6% 1.0% 0.3%2 — — — — 0.9%3 20.2% 18.6% 18.3% 16.7% 18.3% — — 0.3%4 0.3% 1.7%4 5.2% 5 4.2%5 3.8% 3.0% 2.5%2 — — — — 9.8%3 THIRD CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range FOURTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range (continued on next page) 9 (continued – page 3 of 5) Guideline Application, National and Circuit Fiscal Years 2001, 2002, 2003, Pre-Blakely FY2004, and Post-Booker FY20051 FIFTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 69.1% 71.0% 73.7% 80.2% 71.3% 0.5% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.3%2 — — — — 1.5%3 12.3% 13.4% 12.5% 10.3% 7.9% — — 4 5.4% 5.2% 10.1%4 18.1% 5 14.7%5 7.5% 3.5% 2.6%2 — — — — 6.3%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 65.1% 66.9% 69.1% 69.7% 58.5% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4% 0.5% 0.2%2 — — — — 1.1%3 27.2% 26.0% 24.6% 24.3% 24.7% — — 4 0.5% 0.4% 1.9%4 7.3% 5 6.3%5 5.3% 5.1% 2.7%2 — — — — 11.0%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 71.0% 69.3% 72.5% 75.4% 63.0% 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% 1.3% 0.3%2 — — — — 0.8%3 21.2% 21.8% 21.2% 19.0% 17.2% — — 0.8%4 0.8% 3.0%4 6.9% 5 8.1%5 4.5% 3.6% 3.7%2 — — — — 12.0%3 SIXTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range SEVENTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range (continued on next page) 10 (continued – page 4 of 5) Guideline Application Trends By Circuit Fiscal Years 2001, 2002, 2003, Pre-Blakely FY2004, and Post-Booker FY20051 EIGHTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 66.8% 69.3% 72.2% 77.0% 64.7% 0.7% 1.2% 1.1% 0.9% 0.2%2 — — — — 1.3%3 22.0% 18.9% 17.6% 15.3% 14.0% — — 4 2.0% 2.1% 4.7%4 10.5% 5 10.7%5 7.1% 4.7% 3.5%2 — — — — 11.6%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 50.1% 48.8% 59.6% 61.8% 48.2% 0.4% 0.7% 1.1% 0.8% 0.3%2 — — — — 0.7%3 10.7% 11.8% 10.2% 10.6% 10.6% — — 4 19.2% 20.4% 28.3%4 38.7% 5 38.7%5 9.9% 6.5% 3.6%2 — — — — 8.3%3 FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 65.0% 66.6% 73.1% 73.9% 66.1% 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.1%2 — — — — 0.7%3 11.0% 11.0% 9.4% 10.3% 9.7% — — 11.4%4 10.7% 13.7%4 23.3% 5 21.9%5 5.5% 4.5% 2.9%2 — — — — 6.7%3 NINTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range TENTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range (continued on next page) 11 (continued – page 5 of 5) Guideline Application Trends By Circuit Fiscal Years 2001, 2002, 2003, Pre-Blakely FY2004, and Post-Booker FY20051 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Position of Sentence Relative to Guideline Range Within Range Upward Departures Otherwise Above Range Substantial Assistance Departures Other Gov’t Sponsored Departures Other Downward Departures Otherwise Below Range FY2004 FY2005 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 (Pre-Blakely) (Booker) 72.1% 70.2% 74.5% 74.7% 68.3% 0.6% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.4%2 — — — — 1.3%3 19.9% 22.4% 19.9% 21.0% 17.5% — — 4 0.3% 0.2% 1.4%4 7.5% 5 6.7%5 4.5% 3.3% 2.8%2 — — — — 8.4%3 1 In 2003, the Commission augmented its data coding procedures to determine the proportion of nonsubstantial assistance downward departures that were initiated by the government. Data prior to 2003 does not distinguish non-substantial assistance government initiated downward departures from other downward departures. In this table, data from FY2001and 2002 on “Other Downward Departures” combines both government initiated and non-government initiated downward departures. For FY2003 and FY2004, the “Other Downward Departures” data distinguishes departures that were initiated or supported by the government from those not initiated/supported by the government. For example, using the national data, 6.3% of downward departures were government initiated and 7.5% were other downward departures; the combination of these values (13.8%) is directly comparable to the data for “Other Downward Departures” from the preceding years. For FY2004, this table reflects only cases sentenced prior to the Blakely v Washington decision on June 24, 2004. For FY2005, this table reflects cases sentenced subsequent to the U.S. v Booker decision on January 12, 2005, with court documentation cumulatively received, coded, and edited at the U.S. Sentencing Commission by November 1, 2005. In these cases, a further distinction is made among below guideline range sentences. The data report three categories of below range sentences: those initiated/supported by the government; those not initiated by the government and citing reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual; and those mentioning only U.S. v. Booker, 18 U.S.C. § 3553, or related factors as a reason for a sentence outside of the guideline range. Cases citing both reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual and mentioning U.S. v. Booker, 18 U.S.C. § 3553, or related factors are included in the “Other Downward Departures” category. 2 Includes cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range and citing reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual and all cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range citing reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual, and additionally mentioning either U.S. v. Booker, 18 U.S.C. § 3553, or related factors as a reason for a sentence outside of the guideline range. 3 Includes cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range mentioning only U.S. v. Booker, 18 U.S.C. § 3553, or related factors as a reason for a sentence outside of the guideline range and all cases with imposed sentences outside of the guideline range that do not fall into the previous category. This category includes cases which cite departure reasons that are not affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual and cases which do not provide any reason for the sentence outside of the guideline range. 4 Cases with a reason for departure indicating that the prosecution initiates, proposes, or stipulates to a sentence outside of the guideline range, either pursuant to a plea agreement or as part of a non-plea negotiation with the defendant. Note that §5K3.1 (Early Disposition Program) cases are included in this category. 5 Includes cases in which the below range sentence was initiated/supported by the government and those not initiated/supported by the government. Prior to FY2003, the Commission did not code this distinction. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing, FY2001 through FY2003, Table 26; U.S. Sentencing Commission 2004 Fiscal Year Data File, USSCFY04, Pre-Blakely Only Cases (October 1, 2003 through June 24, 2004); Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared December 1, 2005). Percents may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. Distribution of Offenders Receiving Sentencing Options for the Most Frequently Applied Guidelines Fiscal Years 2000-2003, Pre-Blakely Fiscal Year 2004, and Post-Booker Fiscal Year 2005 (data extracted November 1, FY 2000 N % 1 Drug Trafficking §2D1.1 21,715 2 Prison only 20,422 3 Prison plus confinement conditions 430 Probation plus confinement conditions4 379 5 Probation only 484 FY 2001 N % FY 2002 N % FY 2003 N % Pre-Blakely FY 2004 N % Post-Booker FY2005 N % 100.0 94.0 2.0 1.7 2.2 22,608 21,143 469 488 508 100.0 93.5 2.1 2.2 2.2 24,013 22,407 515 465 626 100.0 93.3 2.1 1.9 2.6 23,833 22,455 402 469 507 100.0 94.2 1.7 2.0 2.1 16,955 16,081 337 227 310 100.0 94.9 2.0 1.3 1.8 16,101 15,196 361 242 302 100.0 94.4 2.2 1.5 1.9 Immigration Unlawful Entry §2L1.2 6,341 2 Prison only 6,291 3 Prison plus confinement conditions 10 Probation plus confinement conditions4 1 5 Probation only 39 100.0 99.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 5,946 5,901 14 1 30 100.0 99.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 6,993 6,952 7 0 34 100.0 99.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 9,167 9,132 11 2 22 100.0 99.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 7,058 7,032 10 0 16 100.0 99.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 7,110 7,053 15 1 41 100.0 99.2 0.2 0.0 0.6 Firearms §2K2.11 2,997 Prison only2 2,604 3 Prison plus confinement conditions 104 Probation plus confinement conditions4 147 5 Probation only 142 100.0 86.9 3.5 4.9 4.7 3,629 3,177 141 155 156 100.0 87.5 3.9 4.3 4.3 4,173 3,680 158 139 196 100.0 88.2 3.8 3.3 4.7 5,425 4,779 174 224 248 100.0 88.1 3.2 4.1 4.6 4,782 4,292 128 160 202 100.0 89.8 2.7 3.4 4.2 4,541 4,063 142 169 167 100.0 89.5 3.1 3.7 3.7 Theft/Fraud §2B1.1 or §2F1.11 Prison only2 Prison plus confinement conditions3 Probation plus confinement conditions4 Probation only5 100.0 47.2 11.9 17.1 23.8 8,768 4,339 1,053 1,481 1,895 100.0 49.5 12.0 16.9 21.6 9,243 4,531 959 1,421 2,332 100.0 49.0 10.4 15.4 25.2 9,606 4,803 840 1,463 2,500 100.0 50.0 8.7 15.2 26.0 6,909 3,574 629 997 1,709 100.0 51.7 9.1 14.4 24.7 5,483 2,929 509 701 1,344 100.0 53.4 9.3 12.8 24.5 1 9,015 4,253 1,077 1,540 2,145 1 Sections report only cases with one single guideline application using the indicated guideline. Cases receiving only monetary sentences are excluded. Prison only cases receive straight prison time. 3 Prison plus confinement cases receive a combination of prison time and alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 4 Probation plus confinement cases receive, as a condition of probation, alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 5 Probation only cases receive straight probation time. 2 SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2000-2003 Fiscal Year Datafiles, USSCFY00-USSCFY03; 2004 Fiscal Year Datafile, USSCFY04, Pre-Blakely Only Cases (October 1, 2003 through June 24, 2004); Special Post-Booker Coding Project BOOKER05 (data extraction on November 1, 2005; table prepared December 1, 2005). Numbers may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding. 12 13 1 Average and Median Sentence Imposed for the Most Frequently Applied Guidelines Fiscal Year 2000 and Fiscal Year 2001 Fiscal Year 2000 Average Months Median GL Months Median2 Fiscal Year 2001 N Average Months Median GL Months Median2 51,342 50 30 N All Cases (one guideline computation)3 50 30 Drug Trafficking §2D1.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 72 74 21 6 0 50 57 10 6 0 60 63 21 12 — 21,715 20,422 430 379 484 70 72 29 6 0 48 51 10 6 0 60 60 18 12 — 22,608 21,143 469 488 508 Immigration Unlawful Entry §2L1.24 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 36 36 21 — 0 33 33 10 — 0 46 33 10 — — 6,341 6,291 10 1 39 35 35 20 — 0 30 30 10 — 0 46 46 12 — — 5,946 5,901 14 1 30 Firearms §2K2.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 53 57 23 7 0 37 37 10 6 0 37 41 12 12 — 2,997 2,604 104 147 142 52 56 22 6 0 37 40 10 6 0 37 41 15 12 — 3,629 3,177 141 155 156 Theft/Fraud §2B1.1 or §2F1.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 14 19 9 5 0 10 15 8 6 0 10 15 8 6 — 9,015 4,253 1,077 1,540 2,145 15 20 9 5 0 10 15 8 6 0 12 15 8 6 — 8,768 4,339 1,053 1,481 1,895 1 51,809 Sentence data report the sum of imprisonment and any type of confinement as defined in USSG §5C1.1. For the guideline range of the sentencing table applied to the case, the lower value of the sentencing range. 3 All statistics in the table report data for cases with one single guideline computation for the specified fiscal year. The “All Cases” row reports all cases regardless of the one guideline applied. Cases receiving only monetary sentences are excluded. 4 Each guideline-specific section reports only cases with one single guideline application using the indicated guideline. 5 Prison only sentence categories report straight prison time. 6 Prison plus confinement sentence categories report the sum of prison time and alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 7 Probation plus confinement categories report statistics for cases receiving, as a condition of probation, alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 8 Probation only categories report cases receiving straight probation time. By definition, the confinement time is zero months for these cases. 2 SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2000 and 2001 Fiscal Year Datafiles, USSCFY00 and USSCFY01. 14 1 Average and Median Sentence Imposed for the Most Frequently Applied Guidelines Fiscal Year 2002 and Fiscal Year 2003 Fiscal Year 2002 Average Months Median GL Months Median2 Fiscal Year 2003 N Average Months Median GL Months Median2 55,856 52 30 N All Cases (one guideline computation)3 51 30 Drug Trafficking §2D1.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 71 74 22 6 0 51 57 10 6 0 60 57 10 6 — 24,013 22,407 515 465 626 77 79 20 6 0 57 60 10 6 0 63 70 15 12 — 23,833 22,455 402 469 507 Immigration Unlawful Entry §2L1.24 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 30 30 20 — 0 27 27 10 — 0 30 30 10 — — 6,993 6,952 7 0 34 28 28 22 — 0 24 24 10 — 0 27 27 10 — — 9,167 9,132 11 2 22 Firearms §2K2.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 53 57 18 6 0 37 37 10 6 0 37 37 12 12 — 4,173 3,680 158 139 196 56 59 21 6 0 37 41 10 6 0 37 41 12 12 — 5,425 4,779 174 224 248 Theft/Fraud §2B1.1 or §2F1.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 16 20 9 6 0 10 15 10 6 0 12 15 10 6 — 9,243 4,531 959 1,421 2,332 16 21 9 6 0 12 16 10 6 0 12 18 10 6 — 9,606 4,803 840 1,463 2,500 1 60,786 Sentence data report the sum of imprisonment and any type of confinement as defined in USSG §5C1.1. For the guideline range of the sentencing table applied to the case, the lower value of the sentencing range. 3 All statistics in the table report data for cases with one single guideline computation for the specified fiscal year. The “All Cases” row reports all cases regardless of the one guideline applied. Cases receiving only monetary sentences are excluded. 4 Each guideline-specific section reports only cases with one single guideline application using the indicated guideline. 5 Prison only sentence categories report straight prison time. 6 Prison plus confinement sentence categories report the sum of prison time and alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 7 Probation plus confinement categories report statistics for cases receiving, as a condition of probation, alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 8 Probation only categories report cases receiving straight probation time. By definition, the confinement time is zero months for these cases. 2 SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2002 and 2003 Fiscal Year Datafiles, USSCFY02 and USSCFY03. 15 1 Average and Median Sentence Imposed for the Most Frequently Applied Guidelines Pre-Blakely Fiscal Year 2004 and Post-Booker Fiscal Year 2005 (data extracted November 1, 2005) Pre-Blakely FY 2004 Average Months Median GL Months Median2 Post-Booker FY2005 N Average Months Median GL Months Median2 44,895 56 33 N All Cases (one guideline computation)3 56 33 42,818 Drug Trafficking §2D1.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 83 86 22 6 0 60 60 10 6 0 70 70 12 12 — 16,955 16,081 337 227 310 83 86 20 6 0 60 63 10 6 0 70 78 18 15 — 16,101 15,196 361 242 302 Immigration Unlawful Entry §2L1.24 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 29 29 40 — 0 24 24 34 — 0 24 24 29 — — 7,058 7,032 10 0 16 27 28 15 — 0 24 24 10 — 0 27 27 15 — — 7,110 7,053 15 1 41 Firearms §2K2.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 59 63 21 6 0 40 42 10 6 0 41 46 10 10 — 4,782 4,292 128 160 202 59 62 28 6 0 37 41 10 6 0 37 41 12 12 — 4,541 4,063 142 169 167 Theft/Fraud §2B1.1 or §2F1.14 Prison only5 Prison plus confinement conditions6 Probation plus confinement conditions7 Probation only8 19 25 9 6 0 12 18 10 6 0 12 18 10 6 — 6,909 3,574 629 997 1,709 21 26 10 6 0 12 18 10 6 0 15 18 10 6 — 5,483 2,929 509 701 1,344 1 Sentence data report the sum of imprisonment and any type of confinement as defined in USSG §5C1.1. For the guideline range of the sentencing table applied to the case, the lower value of the sentencing range. 3 All statistics in the table report data for cases with one single guideline computation for the specified fiscal year. The “All Cases” row reports all cases regardless of the one guideline applied. Cases receiving only monetary sentences are excluded. 4 Each guideline-specific section reports only cases with one single guideline application using the indicated guideline. 5 Prison only sentence categories report straight prison time. 6 Prison plus confinement sentence categories report the sum of prison time and alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 7 Probation plus confinement categories report statistics for cases receiving, as a condition of probation, alternative confinement time as defined in USSG §5C1.1. 8 Probation only categories report cases receiving straight probation time. By definition, the confinement time is zero months for these cases. 2 SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2004 Fiscal Year Datafile, USSCFY04 Pre-Blakely Only Cases (October 1, 2003 through June 24, 2004); Special Post-Booker Coding Project BOOKER05 (data extraction on November 1, 2005; table prepared December 1, 2005). 16 1 POST-BOOKER DEPARTURE/VARIANCE RATE BY CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 CIRCUIT District TOTAL TOTAL SENTENCED WITHIN GUIDELINE RANGE % GOVERNMENT SPONSORED DEPARTURES BELOW THE BELOW THE GUIDELINE GUIDELINE RANGE RANGE % % OTHERWISE BELOW THE GUIDELINE RANGE % DEPARTURES ABOVE THE GUIDELINE RANGE % OTHERWISE ABOVE THE GUIDELINE RANGE % 46,470 28,665 61.7 11,239 24.2 1,529 3.3 4,410 9.5 122 0.3 505 1.1 367 367 197 197 53.7 53.7 122 122 33.2 33.2 9 9 2.5 2.5 34 34 9.3 9.3 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 5 1.4 1.4 FIRST CIRCUIT Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Puerto Rico Rhode Island 1,056 158 318 133 351 96 675 116 162 74 258 65 63.9 73.4 50.9 55.6 73.5 67.7 152 32 38 44 32 6 14.4 20.3 11.9 33.1 9.1 6.3 44 3 27 4 7 3 4.2 1.9 8.5 3.0 2.0 3.1 159 6 86 8 41 18 15.1 3.8 27.0 6.0 11.7 18.8 3 0 2 0 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 23 1 3 3 13 3 2.2 0.6 0.9 2.3 3.7 3.1 SECOND CIRCUIT Connecticut New York Eastern Northern Southern Western Vermont 2,779 276 1,369 124 49.3 44.9 703 76 25.3 27.5 200 38 7.2 13.8 483 35 17.4 12.7 3 1 0.1 0.4 21 2 0.8 0.7 845 248 823 438 149 293 141 486 250 75 34.7 56.9 59.1 57.1 50.3 227 70 132 146 52 26.9 28.2 16.0 33.3 34.9 94 14 42 3 9 11.1 5.6 5.1 0.7 6.0 217 22 157 39 13 25.7 8.9 19.1 8.9 8.7 1 0 1 0 0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 13 1 5 0 0 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 THIRD CIRCUIT Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania Eastern Middle Western Virgin Islands 2,335 117 687 1,202 77 349 51.5 65.8 50.8 682 10 216 29.2 8.5 31.4 86 10 27 3.7 8.5 3.9 334 20 85 14.3 17.1 12.4 6 0 1 0.3 0.0 0.1 25 0 9 1.1 0.0 1.3 714 456 290 71 297 209 208 62 41.6 45.8 71.7 87.3 241 180 33 2 33.8 39.5 11.4 2.8 22 16 11 0 3.1 3.5 3.8 0.0 142 45 35 7 19.9 9.9 12.1 9.9 3 2 0 0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 9 4 3 0 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.0 FOURTH CIRCUIT Maryland North Carolina Eastern Middle Western South Carolina Virginia Eastern Western West Virginia Northern Southern 4,242 493 2,824 238 66.6 48.3 847 156 20.0 31.6 104 26 2.5 5.3 414 67 9.8 13.6 14 1 0.3 0.2 39 5 0.9 1.0 456 332 379 714 250 256 226 506 54.8 77.1 59.6 70.9 164 38 114 129 36.0 11.4 30.1 18.1 9 7 9 15 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.1 29 28 28 60 6.4 8.4 7.4 8.4 1 0 0 3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 3 3 2 1 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 969 454 743 266 76.7 58.6 63 129 6.5 28.4 14 9 1.4 2.0 128 43 13.2 9.5 3 4 0.3 0.9 18 3 1.9 0.7 204 241 158 181 77.5 75.1 22 32 10.8 13.3 7 8 3.4 3.3 15 16 7.4 6.6 0 2 0.0 0.8 2 2 1.0 0.8 D.C. CIRCUIT District of Columbia 17 CIRCUIT District TOTAL GOVERNMENT SENTENCED SPONSORED DEPARTURES WITHIN BELOW THE BELOW THE GUIDELINE GUIDELINE GUIDELINE RANGE RANGE RANGE % % % OTHERWISE BELOW THE GUIDELINE RANGE % DEPARTURES ABOVE THE GUIDELINE RANGE % OTHERWISE ABOVE THE GUIDELINE RANGE % FIFTH CIRCUIT Louisiana Eastern Middle Western Mississippi Northern Southern Texas Eastern Northern Southern Western 10,564 7,532 71.3 1,908 18.1 273 2.6 670 6.3 27 0.3 154 1.5 224 131 289 166 78 199 74.1 59.5 68.9 35 35 30 15.6 26.7 10.4 4 1 6 1.8 0.8 2.1 12 8 36 5.4 6.1 12.5 2 1 1 0.9 0.8 0.3 5 8 17 2.2 6.1 5.9 145 238 90 188 62.1 79.0 46 27 31.7 11.3 0 6 0.0 2.5 4 13 2.8 5.5 1 0 0.7 0.0 4 4 2.8 1.7 531 621 4,655 3,730 417 461 3,006 2,927 78.5 74.2 64.6 78.5 69 68 1,136 462 13.0 11.0 24.4 12.4 12 12 165 67 2.3 1.9 3.5 1.8 24 47 304 222 4.5 7.6 6.5 6.0 1 3 11 7 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 8 30 33 45 1.5 4.8 0.7 1.2 SIXTH CIRCUIT Kentucky Eastern Western Michigan Eastern Western Ohio Northern Southern Tennessee Eastern Middle Western 3,605 2,107 58.4 959 26.6 98 2.7 396 11.0 6 0.2 39 1.1 345 256 180 182 52.2 71.1 133 56 38.6 21.9 1 4 0.3 1.6 24 14 7.0 5.5 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 0 2.0 0.0 472 272 267 187 56.6 68.8 128 47 27.1 17.3 19 7 4.0 2.6 55 25 11.7 9.2 1 1 0.2 0.4 2 5 0.4 1.8 713 411 408 196 57.2 47.7 170 135 23.8 32.8 36 11 5.0 2.7 94 63 13.2 15.3 1 0 0.1 0.0 4 6 0.6 1.5 465 232 439 299 139 249 64.3 59.9 56.7 115 53 122 24.7 22.8 27.8 2 8 10 0.4 3.4 2.3 42 30 49 9.0 12.9 11.2 0 0 3 0.0 0.0 0.7 7 2 6 1.5 0.9 1.4 SEVENTH CIRCUIT Illinois Central Northern Southern Indiana Northern Southern Wisconsin Eastern Western 2,080 1,310 63.0 419 20.1 77 3.7 250 12.0 7 0.3 17 0.8 258 751 194 140 451 159 54.3 60.1 82.0 59 171 13 22.9 22.8 6.7 11 36 5 4.3 4.8 2.6 45 87 14 17.4 11.6 7.2 1 1 2 0.4 0.1 1.0 2 5 1 0.8 0.7 0.5 267 205 175 130 65.5 63.4 72 55 27.0 26.8 8 4 3.0 2.0 12 12 4.5 5.9 0 1 0.0 0.5 0 3 0.0 1.5 273 132 145 110 53.1 83.3 43 6 15.8 4.5 10 3 3.7 2.3 69 11 25.3 8.3 2 0 0.7 0.0 4 2 1.5 1.5 EIGHTH CIRCUIT Arkansas Eastern Western Iowa Northern Southern Minnesota Missouri Eastern Western Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota 3,366 2,177 64.7 631 18.7 119 3.5 390 11.6 5 0.1 44 1.3 170 136 113 95 66.5 69.9 27 27 15.9 19.9 5 2 2.9 1.5 24 12 14.1 8.8 1 0 0.6 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 240 195 344 170 91 185 70.8 46.7 53.8 36 40 73 15.0 20.5 21.2 1 6 23 0.4 3.1 6.7 24 54 61 10.0 27.7 17.7 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 4 2 3.8 2.1 0.6 706 541 581 149 304 464 357 369 105 228 65.7 66.0 63.5 70.5 75.0 145 102 131 30 20 20.5 18.9 22.5 20.1 6.6 28 5 35 4 10 4.0 0.9 6.0 2.7 3.3 62 66 44 10 33 8.8 12.2 7.6 6.7 10.9 1 0 0 0 3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 6 11 2 0 10 0.8 2.0 0.3 0.0 3.3 18 CIRCUIT District TOTAL GOVERNMENT SENTENCED SPONSORED DEPARTURES WITHIN BELOW THE BELOW THE GUIDELINE GUIDELINE GUIDELINE RANGE RANGE RANGE % % % OTHERWISE BELOW THE GUIDELINE RANGE % DEPARTURES ABOVE THE GUIDELINE RANGE % OTHERWISE ABOVE THE GUIDELINE RANGE % NINTH CIRCUIT Alaska Arizona California Central Eastern Northern Southern Guam Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada Northern Mariana Islands Oregon Washington Eastern Western 8,090 164 2,644 3,899 95 755 48.2 57.9 28.6 3,144 31 1,685 38.9 18.9 63.7 290 2 85 3.6 1.2 3.2 672 33 90 8.3 20.1 3.4 27 0 21 0.3 0.0 0.8 58 3 8 0.7 1.8 0.3 379 626 479 1,482 71 339 134 264 299 20 391 348 330 296 822 33 161 53 202 215 17 208 91.8 52.7 61.8 55.5 46.5 47.5 39.6 76.5 71.9 85.0 53.2 16 226 103 466 31 105 57 28 34 3 83 4.2 36.1 21.5 31.4 43.7 31.0 42.5 10.6 11.4 15.0 21.2 3 17 16 83 4 15 5 10 9 0 15 0.8 2.7 3.3 5.6 5.6 4.4 3.7 3.8 3.0 0.0 3.8 12 49 60 103 3 52 17 13 35 0 79 3.2 7.8 12.5 7.0 4.2 15.3 12.7 4.9 11.7 0.0 20.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 3 4 7 0 6 2 9 6 0 5 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.0 1.8 1.5 3.4 2.0 0.0 1.3 286 512 175 189 61.2 36.9 61 215 21.3 42.0 7 19 2.4 3.7 37 89 12.9 17.4 1 0 0.3 0.0 5 0 1.7 0.0 TENTH CIRCUIT Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Eastern Northern Western Utah Wyoming 3,675 407 461 1,668 2,429 206 306 1,090 66.1 50.6 66.4 65.3 860 118 96 483 23.4 29.0 20.8 29.0 108 21 10 37 2.9 5.2 2.2 2.2 247 55 46 50 6.7 13.5 10.0 3.0 5 2 2 1 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 26 5 1 7 0.7 1.2 0.2 0.4 69 145 159 604 162 63 116 116 433 99 91.3 80.0 73.0 71.7 61.1 5 19 18 76 45 7.2 13.1 11.3 12.6 27.8 1 0 6 28 5 1.4 0.0 3.8 4.6 3.1 0 6 13 64 13 0.0 4.1 8.2 10.6 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4 6 3 0 0.0 2.8 3.8 0.5 0.0 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Alabama Middle Northern Southern Florida Middle Northern Southern Georgia Middle Northern Southern 4,311 2,944 68.3 812 18.8 121 2.8 361 8.4 19 0.4 54 1.3 120 296 210 71 181 135 59.2 61.1 64.3 43 75 55 35.8 25.3 26.2 2 4 7 1.7 1.4 3.3 4 26 8 3.3 8.8 3.8 0 2 1 0.0 0.7 0.5 0 8 4 0.0 2.7 1.9 1,091 230 1,404 696 161 1,063 63.8 70.0 75.7 260 43 144 23.8 18.7 10.3 38 4 29 3.5 1.7 2.1 85 13 149 7.8 5.7 10.6 2 5 4 0.2 2.2 0.3 10 4 15 0.9 1.7 1.1 265 500 195 180 324 133 67.9 64.8 68.2 62 95 35 23.4 19.0 17.9 0 27 10 0.0 5.4 5.1 17 51 8 6.4 10.2 4.1 1 1 3 0.4 0.2 1.5 5 2 6 1.9 0.4 3.1 1 Of the 48,105 cases, 69 cases with no analogous guidelines were excluded from the table. Of the remaining 48,036 cases, 1,635 were excluded due to missing departure information. Descriptions of variables used in this table are provided in Appendix A. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 8, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding 19 SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE CASES: DEGREE OF DEPARTURE 1 FOR OFFENDERS IN EACH PRIMARY OFFENSE CATEGORY Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 DEGREE OF DECREASE FOR SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE PRIMARY OFFENSE TOTAL Murder Manslaughter Kidnapping/Hostage Taking Sexual Abuse Assault Robbery Arson Drugs - Trafficking Drugs - Communication Facility Drugs - Simple Possession Firearms Burglary/B&E Auto Theft Larceny Fraud Embezzlement Forgery/Counterfeiting Bribery Tax Money Laundering Racketeering/Extortion Gambling/Lottery Civil Rights Immigration Pornography/Prostitution Prison Offenses Administration of Justice Offenses Environmental/Wildlife National Defense Antitrust Food & Drug Other Miscellaneous Offenses n 6,496 5 0 3 3 10 113 6 4,160 41 9 571 1 7 88 615 10 58 40 60 154 122 13 8 210 33 7 89 12 5 4 4 35 Median Sentence 2 in Months 36.0 180.0 -108.0 28.0 45.0 60.0 35.5 48.0 6.0 2.6 37.0 -19.0 6.0 1.8 6.0 2.0 6.0 0.0 12.0 26.0 0.0 14.0 8.8 37.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 4.5 0.0 1.0 Median Decrease in Months From Guideline Minimum 28.0 240.0 -115.5 18.0 17.0 33.0 22.5 39.0 12.2 10.0 24.0 -20.0 10.0 12.0 13.5 11.5 16.5 10.0 20.5 30.0 8.0 11.5 9.0 19.0 6.0 12.0 10.0 18.0 5.5 12.0 14.0 Median Percent Decrease From Guideline Minimum 49.9 69.3 -47.1 39.1 27.1 34.8 40.8 46.3 70.7 56.3 46.8 -50.4 63.8 90.9 79.5 87.1 83.5 100.0 62.3 52.6 100.0 40.4 47.8 30.2 66.7 100.0 100.0 98.0 62.5 99.9 90.5 1 Of the 48,105 cases, 6,796 received a substantial assistance departure. Of these, 6,543 had complete guideline application information. An additional 30 cases were excluded due to several logical criteria. Of the remaining 6,513 cases, 17 were excluded due to one or both of the following reasons: missing primary offense category (0) or missing sentence information (17). 2 Cases with guideline minimums of life or probation (i.e., sentence lengths of zero months) were included in the sentence average computations as 470 months and zero months respectively, but were excluded from measures of decrease in the table. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 8, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding. 20 GOVERNMENT INITIATED DOWNWARD DEPARTURE CASES: DEGREE OF DEPARTURE 1 FOR OFFENDERS IN EACH PRIMARY OFFENSE CATEGORY Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 DEGREE OF DECREASE FOR GOVERNMENT INITIATED DOWNWARD DEPARTURE3 PRIMARY OFFENSE TOTAL Murder Manslaughter Kidnapping/Hostage Taking Sexual Abuse Assault Robbery Arson Drugs - Trafficking Drugs - Communication Facility Drugs - Simple Possession Firearms Burglary/B&E Auto Theft Larceny Fraud Embezzlement Forgery/Counterfeiting Bribery Tax Money Laundering Racketeering/Extortion Gambling/Lottery Civil Rights Immigration Pornography/Prostitution Prison Offenses Administration of Justice Offenses Environmental/Wildlife National Defense Antitrust Food & Drug Other Miscellaneous Offenses n 4,120 1 0 1 17 24 20 1 1,057 8 0 153 1 2 18 76 6 10 6 11 21 17 4 0 2,590 20 4 25 4 1 1 2 19 Median Sentence in Months2 24.0 ---50.0 23.0 74.0 -27.0 11.6 -31.0 --2.5 8.6 0.0 7.0 2.5 6.0 16.0 27.0 3.0 -24.0 37.0 8.0 12.0 5.0 ---5.0 Median Decrease in Months From Guideline Minimum 9.0 ---26.4 11.5 28.5 -10.0 29.4 -12.0 --10.0 10.0 7.0 11.0 10.0 10.0 8.5 11.0 10.0 -7.0 19.0 13.5 9.0 7.5 ---10.0 Median Percent Decrease From Guideline Minimum 27.3 ---39.4 39.3 29.9 -33.3 71.7 -26.7 --83.2 50.6 99.4 73.9 86.7 50.0 44.4 20.0 87.5 -25.0 26.6 50.6 42.7 58.3 ---66.7 1 Of the 48,105 cases, 4,443 received a government initiated downward departure. Of these, 4,277 had complete guideline application information. An additional 145 cases were excluded due to several logical criteria. Of the remaining 4,132 cases, 12 were excluded due to one or both of the following reasons: missing primary offense category (0) or missing sentence information (12). 2 Cases with guideline minimums of life or probation (i.e., sentence lengths of zero months) were included in the sentence average computations as 470 months and zero months respectively, but were excluded from measures of decrease in the table. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 8, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding. 21 OTHER DOWNWARD DEPARTURE CASES: DEGREE OF DEPARTURE 1 FOR OFFENDERS IN EACH PRIMARY OFFENSE CATEGORY Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 DEGREE OF DECREASE FOR OTHER DOWNWARD DEPARTURE 3 PRIMARY OFFENSE TOTAL Murder Manslaughter Kidnapping/Hostage Taking Sexual Abuse Assault Robbery Arson Drugs - Trafficking Drugs - Communication Facility Drugs - Simple Possession Firearms Burglary/B&E Auto Theft Larceny Fraud Embezzlement Forgery/Counterfeiting Bribery Tax Money Laundering Racketeering/Extortion Gambling/Lottery Civil Rights Immigration Pornography/Prostitution Prison Offenses Administration of Justice Offenses Environmental/Wildlife National Defense Antitrust Food & Drug Other Miscellaneous Offenses n 1,433 3 4 0 8 21 43 1 483 5 2 197 1 1 26 135 10 14 4 27 22 18 2 1 308 33 5 37 2 2 1 0 17 Median Sentence in Months2 24.0 70.0 24.0 -16.5 12.0 58.0 -60.0 0.0 -21.0 --0.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.5 25.5 --24.0 12.0 18.0 5.0 ----0.0 Median Decrease in Months From Guideline Minimum 12.0 27.0 11.0 -7.5 12.0 21.0 -17.0 24.0 -12.0 --7.0 10.0 9.5 12.0 7.0 10.0 9.5 12.5 --9.0 17.0 6.0 10.0 ----10.0 Median Percent Decrease From Guideline Minimum 34.8 27.8 26.8 -18.1 42.4 22.4 -27.7 99.9 -35.0 --100.0 93.9 77.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 39.9 28.6 --27.1 65.7 25.0 66.7 ----99.7 1 Of the 48,105 cases, 1,529 received an other downward departure. Of these, 1,438 had complete guideline application information. An additional one cases were excluded due to several logical criteria. Of the remaining 1,437 cases, four were excluded due to one or both of the following reasons: missing primary offense category (0) or missing sentence information (4). 2 Cases with guideline minimums of life or probation (i.e., sentence lengths of zero months) were included in the sentence average computations as 470 months and zero months respectively, but were excluded from measures of decrease in the table. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 8, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding. 22 CASES OTHERWISE BELOW GUIDELINE RANGE: DEGREE OF VARIANCE 1 FOR OFFENDERS IN EACH PRIMARY OFFENSE CATEGORY Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 DEGREE OF DECREASE FOR PRIMARY OFFENSE TOTAL Murder Manslaughter Kidnapping/Hostage Taking Sexual Abuse Assault Robbery Arson Drugs - Trafficking Drugs - Communication Facility Drugs - Simple Possession Firearms Burglary/B&E Auto Theft Larceny Fraud Embezzlement Forgery/Counterfeiting Bribery Tax Money Laundering Racketeering/Extortion Gambling/Lottery Civil Rights Immigration Pornography/Prostitution Prison Offenses Administration of Justice Offenses Environmental/Wildlife National Defense Antitrust Food & Drug Other Miscellaneous Offenses n 4,073 8 2 1 21 29 97 2 1,484 45 13 582 6 5 110 464 40 55 16 77 88 38 8 6 612 106 17 69 10 2 0 3 57 Median Sentence in Months2 27.0 108.5 --16.0 8.0 50.0 -60.0 12.0 15.0 35.0 4.7 24.0 0.0 5.1 0.5 5.4 0.0 1.0 12.0 38.5 0.0 36.5 18.0 24.0 12.0 6.0 0.0 --5.0 0.0 OTHERWISE BELOW GUIDELINE RANGE3 Median Decrease Median Percent in Months From Decrease From Guideline Minimum Guideline Minimum 12.0 33.3 24.0 19.8 ----21.0 44.8 9.0 50.0 18.0 20.5 --19.0 26.3 9.0 35.1 10.0 46.8 12.0 28.1 6.0 56.2 9.0 36.5 6.0 100.0 10.0 66.7 8.0 96.3 8.0 62.5 10.0 100.0 10.0 90.0 11.0 52.8 12.0 35.1 6.0 100.0 6.0 22.2 9.0 33.3 15.0 35.0 6.0 41.2 9.0 60.0 6.0 100.0 ----7.0 58.3 9.0 100.0 1 Of the 48,105 cases, 4,410 were otherwise below the guideline range and did not cite reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual. Of these, 4,089 had complete guideline application information. An additional six cases were excluded due to several logical criteria. Of the remaining 4,083 cases, 10 were excluded due to one or both of the following reasons: missing primary offense category (0) or missing sentence information (10). 2 Cases with guideline minimums of life or probation (i.e., sentence lengths of zero months) were included in the sentence average computations as 470 months and zero months respectively, but were excluded from measures of decrease in the table. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 8, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding. 23 UPWARD DEPARTURE CASES: DEGREE OF DEPARTURE 1 FOR OFFENDERS IN EACH PRIMARY OFFENSE CATEGORY Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 DEGREE OF INCREASE FOR UPWARD DEPARTURE3 PRIMARY OFFENSE TOTAL Murder Manslaughter Kidnapping/Hostage Taking Sexual Abuse Assault Robbery Arson Drugs - Trafficking Drugs - Communication Facility Drugs - Simple Possession Firearms Burglary/B&E Auto Theft Larceny Fraud Embezzlement Forgery/Counterfeiting Bribery Tax Money Laundering Racketeering/Extortion Gambling/Lottery Civil Rights Immigration Pornography/Prostitution Prison Offenses Administration of Justice Offenses Environmental/Wildlife National Defense Antitrust Food & Drug Other Miscellaneous Offenses n 118 3 3 0 3 4 3 0 15 0 0 22 0 0 1 20 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 Median Sentence in Months2 60.0 228.0 96.0 -97.0 110.0 144.0 -48.0 --93.0 ---54.0 -48.0 ------21.0 120.0 -12.0 ------ Median Increase in Months From Guideline Maximum 14.0 105.0 18.0 -40.0 18.5 27.0 -11.0 --22.0 ---14.0 -14.0 ------6.0 33.0 -6.0 ------ Median Percent Increase From Guideline Maximum 30.4 77.8 23.1 -70.2 67.8 30.4 -22.2 --29.7 ---53.7 -75.0 ------26.8 37.4 -66.7 ------ 1 Of the 48,105 cases, 122 received an upward departure. Of these, 119 had complete guideline application information. An additional one cases were excluded due to several logical criteria. Of the remaining 118 cases, zero were excluded due to one or both of the following reasons: missing primary offense category (0) or missing sentence information (0). 2 Cases with guideline maximums of life or probation (i.e., sentence lengths of zero months) were included in the sentence average computations as 470 months and zero months respectively, but were excluded from measures of decrease in the table. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 8, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding. 24 CASES OTHERWISE ABOVE GUIDELINE RANGE: DEGREE OF VARIANCE 1 FOR OFFENDERS IN EACH PRIMARY OFFENSE CATEGORY Cases Sentenced Subsequent to U.S. v. Booker with Data Available to USSC on November 1, 2005 PRIMARY OFFENSE TOTAL Murder Manslaughter Kidnapping/Hostage Taking Sexual Abuse Assault Robbery Arson Drugs - Trafficking Drugs - Communication Facility Drugs - Simple Possession Firearms Burglary/B&E Auto Theft Larceny Fraud Embezzlement Forgery/Counterfeiting Bribery Tax Money Laundering Racketeering/Extortion Gambling/Lottery Civil Rights Immigration Pornography/Prostitution Prison Offenses Administration of Justice Offenses Environmental/Wildlife National Defense Antitrust Food & Drug Other Miscellaneous Offenses n 445 3 3 0 12 17 14 0 56 1 8 77 0 3 20 82 1 9 0 5 7 10 0 0 79 18 6 7 0 0 0 0 7 Median Sentence in Months2 57.0 228.0 41.0 -234.0 60.0 180.0 -80.0 -24.0 72.0 -36.0 24.0 45.0 -60.0 -36.0 108.0 65.5 --39.0 132.0 41.5 30.0 ----24.0 DEGREE OF INCREASE OTHERWISE ABOVE GUIDELINE RANGE3 Median Increase Median Percent in Months From Increase From Guideline Maximum Guideline Maximum 12.0 33.3 40.0 21.3 8.0 24.2 --37.5 18.7 18.0 37.9 34.5 36.2 --16.5 27.7 --9.0 83.3 15.0 30.4 --18.0 100.0 8.0 46.4 11.0 33.3 --19.0 73.2 --9.0 33.3 14.0 66.7 15.0 24.5 ----9.0 30.0 34.5 41.4 6.5 31.3 10.0 50.0 --------12.0 50.0 1 Of the 48,105 cases, 505 were otherwise above the guideline range and did not cite reasons for departure limited to, and affirmatively and specifically identified in the provisions, policy statements, or commentary of the federal Guidelines Manual. Of these, 463 had complete guideline application information. An additional 16 cases were excluded due to several logical criteria. Of the remaining 447 cases, two were excluded due to one or both of the following reasons: missing primary offense category (0) or missing sentence information (2). 2 Cases with guideline maximums of life or probation (i.e., sentence lengths of zero months) were included in the sentence average computations as 470 months and zero months respectively, but were excluded from measures of decrease in the table. SOURCE: U.S. Sentencing Commission, Special Post-Booker Coding Project, BOOKER05 (data extracted November 1, 2005; table prepared November 8, 2005). Summary numbers may add up to their component parts due to rounding.
