Table 4: 1997 Conformity to the Guidelines* by Offense Type

*Includes 1991, 1994, and 1997 guidelines. 13,976 DUI cases under the 1991 or 1994 guidelines are not included because those guidelines did not apply. 1,858 cases did not have enough information to determine conformity.

  Number of
Sentences
 WITHIN THE GUIDELINES (%) 
 OUTSIDE (%)  
Offense Type Standard Aggravated Mitigated Above Below
Arson-F1 (persons)  85 35 5 19 11 31
Arson-F2 (property)  66 44 6 29 11 11
Arson-F3  30 80 . 17 3 .
Assault-Agg F1 (SBI)  590 38 5 14 10 33
Assault-Agg F2 (BI)  654 48 3 24 5 21
Assault-Reck Endanger  715 74 14 2 6 3
Assault-Simple  3996 77 11 3 6 3
Assault-Terr Threat  603 72 11 3 8 5
Assault-Agg Veh while DUI 26 50 15 27 4 4
Burg-F1/House-Person  324 46 3 18 10 23
Burg-F1/House-No Person  758 52 3 26 5 15
Burg-F1/No House-Person  58 41 10 17 16 16
Burg-F1/Type Unknown 11 55 9 9 . 27
Burglary-F2  1284 65 5 12 10 7
Carjacking 50 48 8 12 14 18
Catastrophe  39 64 8 21 . 8
Corrupting Child  502 79 3 6 8 4
Crim Mischief-F3  69 64 12 9 7 9
Crim Trespass-F2  382 72 9 8 5 5
Crim Trespass-F3  380 67 16 5 8 4
Drug-Felony  7320 50 7 20 8 16
Drug-Misd  5781 80 9 4 3 4
DUI: M-1 80 76 5 4 9 6
DUI: M-2 1006 67 18 1 9 5
Escape Felony  272 44 3 18 5 30
Escape Misd  175 67 14 5 7 7
Forgery-F2  422 67 18 3 9 3
Forgery-F3  998 79 4 6 5 7
Forgery-M1 101 74 10 10 3 3
Homicide-By Veh (No DUI) 40 63 5 20 8 5
Homicide-By Veh (DUI) 31 58 13 16 6 6
Homicide-By Veh while DUI 1 . . . 100 .
Homicide-Cause Suicide 2 50 . . . 50
Homicide-Inchoate  48 44 2 6 33 15
Homicide-Murder 3  146 58 1 6 27 8
Homicide-Vol Mansl  37 41 8 5 32 14
Homicide-Invol Mansl 60 45 10 18 18 8
Indecent Assault-Agg  120 48 10 14 12 16
Indecent Assault  450 75 8 2 13 2
Invol Dev Sex Inter  169 53 13 11 10 14
Kidnapping  34 50 12 3 24 12
Prostitution-Felony  13 77 . . 23 .
Rape  145 48 14 8 18 12
Rape-Statutory  36 42 19 14 14 11
Robbery-F1 (SBI)  996 49 5 8 24 13
Robbery-F2 (commits F1/F2)  422 51 8 16 10 14
Robbery-F3 (w/force)  306 62 6 13 11 8
Sexual Assault 38 39 8 34 5 13
Sexual Assault-Statutory 145 60 3 21 6 10
Stalking 105 63 19 6 10 2
Theft-Felony  3182 67 4 16 5 9
Theft-Misd  6553 75 12 3 7 2
Theft-Retail Fel  1437 64 7 10 4 15
Theft-Retail Mis  1656 76 14 5 5 0
VUFA-Felony  50 74 4 16 4 2
VUFA-Misd.  12 92 . . . 8
VUFA-Loaded  824 68 3 16 4 8
VUFA-Unloaded  138 67 4 13 4 12
Other Felony  848 75 5 8 6 6
Other M-1  1530 82 5 3 6 4
Other M-2 & M-3 7433 79 14 3 5 0
TOTAL  53784 69 9 8 7 7