Judge Ricardo M.

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Judge Ricardo M. Urbina September 2011: Average Prison Sentence

District Court - Washington, D.C. For all cases disposed of in the current Compared Compared fiscal year (2011) that were credited to Show Details Judge To District To U.S. Judge Ricardo M. Urbina in the District of Latest Fiscal Year 31.9 -58.6% -31.6% Washington, D.C., the average prison sentence was 31.9 months. This number Previous Fiscal Year 50.3 -8.6% 6.3% is 58.6% lower than the average prison Past 5 Years 44.8 -32.7% -11.6% sentence for all the District of Washington, D.C. matters disposed in Table 1: Current and 5 Year the same period. At the same time, the Average Prison Sentence Comparison judge's average prison sentence was 31.6% lower than the typical 2011 sentence for the nation as a whole. During the current fiscal year, Judge Ricardo M. Urbina has sentenced 22 defendants compared with 17 defendants during the twelve months of the previous fiscal year. Focusing on a five-year period, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Urbina was 44.8 months. This was 32.7% lower than the 66.6 months typical in Washington, D.C. and 11.6% lower than the 50.7 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Ricardo M. Urbina sentenced 114 defendants during the past five years. (CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled, available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.) Figure 1 compares Judge Urbina's numbers to those for judges in this district and in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years. During the last five years, there were 14 other judges in the District of Washington, D.C. with at least 50 convictions Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Average Prison Sentence during that time. Average in Months prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 44.5 months to 122.8 months, putting Judge Urbina's average prison sentence of 44.8 months at the lower end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Washington, D.C. during that time was 66.6 months.

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Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the District of Washington, D.C. Professional Biography Born 1946 in New York, NY Federal Judicial Service Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 22, 1994, to a seat vacated by Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr.; Confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 1994, and received commission on June 16, 1994. Assumed senior status on January 31, 2011. Education: Georgetown University, B.A., 1967 Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1970 Professional Career: Staff attorney, D.C. Public Defender Service, 1970-1972 Private practice, Washington, DC, 1972-1974 Professor & director, Criminal Justice Program, Howard University School of Law, 1974-81 Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1994 Program Areas of Cases Handled Cases disposed of by Judge Ricardo M. Urbina for the past five years fell into a number of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Withheld by Govt from TRAC accounting for 40.4% of cases. Other major categories with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Ricardo M. Urbina over the past five years were: Narcotics/Drugs (18.4%), Other (12.3%), White Collar Crime (11.4%), Official Corruption (8.8%), Weapons (4.4%).
Program Area Not specified Narcotics/Drugs Judge District US 40.4% 18.4% 36.4% 6.2% More

22.6% 29.3% More

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Program Area Other White Collar Crime Official Corruption Weapons National Internal Security/Terrorism Government Regulatory Immigration

Judge District US 12.3% 11.4% 8.8% 4.4% 2.6% 0.9% 0.9% 12.6% 10.6% More 12.7% 5.3% 5.4% 2.0% 0.5% 9.0% More 0.7% More 9.8% 0.4% 1.7%

2.5% 31.3%

Table 2: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10) Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Ricardo M. Urbina for the past five years was the Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation. It accounted for 28.1% of all cases. Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Ricardo M. Urbina over the past five years were: Other - District of Columbia (28.1%), Other (21.1%), Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury) (4.4%), Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) (3.5%).
Agency Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation Other - District of Columbia Other Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury) Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration Defense Labor Education Judge District US 28.1% 28.1% 21.1% 4.4% 3.5% 2.6% 2.6% 1.8% 1.8% 0.9% 33.6% 14.3% More 30.4% 17.3% 0.3% More 1.6% More

2.0% 11.1% 3.5% 2.9%

2.0% 18.8% 2.5% 17.3% 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%

Table 3: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10) Lead Charges in Cases Handled The lead charge with the most cases disposed of by Judge Ricardo M. Urbina for the past five years was "Unknown". It accounted for 42.1% of all cases. Other lead charges with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Ricardo M. Urbina over the past five years were: "21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & ControlProhibited acts A" (15.8%), "18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US" (6.1%), "18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts" (5.3%), "18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records" (3.5%).
Lead Charge Not specified Judge District US 42.1% 38.3% 6.3% More

21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A 15.8% 18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US 18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts 18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records 6.1% 5.3% 3.5%

16.1% 15.6% More 1.8% 5.5% 2.2% 1.4% 8.2% 0.9%

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Lead Charge 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television 18 USC 2252 - Material involving sexual exploitation of minors 18 USC 2422 - Transport for sex - Coercion and enticement 18 USC 201 - Bribery of public officials and witnesses 18 USC 666 - Theft or bribery in programs receiving Fed funds

Judge District US 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% 1.8% 1.8% 1.3% 1.6% 1.1% 1.5% 1.3% 0.8% 1.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2%

Table 4: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10) Number of Defendants in Judge Ricardo M. Urbina's Cases
Case 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 1 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 1 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 2 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 2 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 3 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 4 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 5 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 6 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 7 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 8 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 9 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 10 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 11 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 12 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 13 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 14 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 15 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 16 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 17 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 18 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 19 2011 - Washington, D.C. (Washington) Case: 20 Defendant # 1 Details 2 Details 1 Details 2 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details 1 Details

Table 5: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year

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