Judge Marcia A. Crone — Federal Sentencing Patterns

U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone sits in the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) and granted a downward variance in 282 of 1,520 federal sentencings (18.6%) from FY2012–FY2025. This page shows aggregate sentencing patterns for Judge Marcia A. Crone, including the most common reasons cited on the Statement of Reasons (SOR) for granting a downward variance.

Top reasons Judge Marcia A. Crone grants downward variances

Reasons included across all guideline chapters (282 below-guideline cases out of 1,520 cases identified)

ReasonCasesAvg % Below Min
  1. 1.Pursuant to a NONbinding (or unknown type) plea agreement103-36.1%
  2. 2.(5H1.4) Drug dependence and alcohol abuse33-25.5%
  3. 3.Early Plea18-29.0%
  4. 4.Criminal History Issues (aggregated reason)16-41.0%
  5. 5.Mule/Role in the offense13-46.6%
  6. 6.Proposed changes to the 2D1.1 drug quantity table13-26.2%
  7. 7.Acceptance of responsibility13-24.3%
  8. 8.(5H1.4) Physical condition11-53.9%
  9. 9.Avoid unwarranted sentencing disparities among defendants9-34.5%
  10. 10.(5K2.0) General aggravating or mitigating circumstance8-39.8%

Zone D sentencing variance — Judge Marcia A. Crone

Imprisonment-only recommended sentencing zone (offense level 14+ at any criminal history). Of Judge Marcia A. Crone's 1,270 Zone D sentencings, 235 (18.5%) fell below range.

Zone D · imprisonment recommended1,270 cases
  • Within range
    975(76.8%)
  • Below range
    235(18.5%)
    avg −29.4% below min
  • Above range
    60(4.7%)
    avg +51.1% above max

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