Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Louisiana East
District Court - Louisiana East
For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited to Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman in the Eastern District of Louisiana, the average prison sentence was 132.3 months. This number is 65.1% higher than the average prison sentence for all the Eastern District of Louisiana matters disposed in the same period. At the same time, the judge's average prison sentence was 184.4% higher than the typical 2012 sentence for the nation as a whole. During the current fiscal year, Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman has sentenced 28 defendants compared with 27 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 Feldman was 76.3 months. This was 18.9% higher than the 64.2 months typical in Louisiana East and 58.0% higher than the 48.3 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman sentenced 178 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 Feldman'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 10 other judges in the Eastern District of Louisiana with information on convictions during that period. Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 47.7 months to 86.4 months, putting Judge Feldman's average prison sentence of 76.3 months at the higher end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole Eastern District of Louisiana during that time was 64.2 months.
Professional Biography
Born 1934 in St. Louis, MO
Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on September 12, 1983, to a seat vacated by Jack M. Gordon; Confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1983, and received commission on October 5, 1983.
Education:
Tulane University, B.A., 1955
Tulane Law School, J.D., 1957
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Reserve captain, JAG Corps, 1957-1963
Law clerk, Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1957-1959
Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1959-1983
Program Areas of Cases Handled
Cases disposed of by Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman for the past five years fell into a number of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Narcotics/Drugs accounting for 20.2% of cases.
Other major categories with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman over the past five years were: Weapons (19.1%), White Collar Crime (18.0%), Immigration (16.3%), Other (14.6%), Environment (3.9%), Official Corruption (3.4%).
| Program Area | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narcotics/Drugs | 20.2% | 32.8% | 28.5% | More |
| Weapons | 19.1% | 12.0% | 9.2% | More |
| White Collar Crime | 18.0% | 19.7% | 8.9% | More |
| Immigration | 16.3% | 13.0% | 33.2% | More |
| Other | 14.6% | 9.8% | 10.4% | More |
| Environment | 3.9% | 2.5% | 0.3% | |
| Official Corruption | 3.4% | 2.3% | 0.7% | |
| National Internal Security/Terrorism | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.3% | |
| Government Regulatory | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |
| Not specified | 1.1% | 3.8% | 6.2% | |
| Civil Rights | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% |
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 Martin Leach-Cross Feldman for the past five years was the Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation. It accounted for 25.3% of all cases.
Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman over the past five years were: Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury) (20.8%), Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (16.3%), Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration (14.6%), Postal Service (7.9%), Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) (3.4%).
| Agency | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation | 25.3% | 24.7% | 13.9% | More |
| Justice - Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (formerly Treasury) | 20.8% | 14.3% | 10.6% | More |
| Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement | 16.3% | 14.7% | 20.2% | More |
| Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration | 14.6% | 25.4% | 16.3% | More |
| Postal Service | 7.9% | 4.6% | 2.5% | More |
| Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) | 3.4% | 2.5% | 2.8% | |
| Homeland Security - Other | 2.2% | 2.4% | 0.4% | |
| Housing and Urban Development | 1.7% | 2.2% | 0.2% | |
| Other - Environmental Protection Agency | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |
| Other - Social Security Administration | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
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 Martin Leach-Cross Feldman for the past five years was "18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts". It accounted for 19.7% of all cases.
Other lead charges with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman over the past five years were: "21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A" (15.7%), "08 USC 1326 - Reentry of deported alien" (10.7%), "18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records" (4.5%), "18 USC 1341 - Mail Fraud - Frauds and swindles" (4.5%), "18 USC 1708 - Theft or receipt of stolen mail matter generally" (4.5%), "21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy" (4.5%), "18 USC 2252 - Material involving sexual exploitation of minors" (3.9%).
| Lead Charge | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts | 19.7% | 11.2% | 7.8% | More |
| 21 USC 841 - Drug Abuse Prevention & Control-Prohibited acts A | 15.7% | 26.6% | 15.0% | More |
| 08 USC 1326 - Reentry of deported alien | 10.7% | 9.2% | 25.1% | More |
| 18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records | 4.5% | 3.9% | 0.9% | |
| 18 USC 1341 - Mail Fraud - Frauds and swindles | 4.5% | 5.1% | 1.1% | |
| 18 USC 1708 - Theft or receipt of stolen mail matter generally | 4.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | |
| 21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy | 4.5% | 5.2% | 10.7% | |
| 18 USC 2252 - Material involving sexual exploitation of minors | 3.9% | 1.9% | 1.6% | |
| 18 USC 1001 - Fraud/false statements or entries generally | 2.8% | 2.2% | 0.6% | |
| 18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes | 2.8% | 2.3% | 1.6% |
Table 4: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)
Number of Defendants in Judge Martin Leach-Cross Feldman's Cases
| Case | Def. | Sentence (Months) | Sentencing Date | Program Category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 85.00 | 09/05/12 | Bank Robbery | Details |
| 2 | 1 | 27.00 | 08/15/12 | Fraud-Other | Details |
| 3 | 1 | 8.00 | 08/15/12 | Immigration | Details |
| 4 | 1 | 24.00 | 06/13/12 | Immigration | Details |
| 5 | 1 | 87.00 | 05/16/12 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 6 | 1 | 60.00 | 05/16/12 | Counterfeiting and Forgery | Details |
| 7 | 1 | 0.00 | 05/02/12 | Environ-Environmental Crimes | Details |
| 8 | 1 | 72.00 | 04/18/12 | Project Safe Childhood | Details |
| 8 | 2 | 0.00 | 04/18/12 | Project Safe Childhood | Details |
| 9 | 1 | 41.00 | 04/18/12 | Immigration | Details |
| 10 | 1 | 18.00 | 04/11/12 | Immigration | Details |
| 11 | 1 | 87.00 | 03/07/12 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 12 | 1 | 0.00 | 02/08/12 | Environ-Environmental Crimes | Details |
| 13 | 1 | 36.00 | 02/08/12 | Project Safe Childhood | Details |
| 14 | 1 | 64.00 | 02/08/12 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 15 | 1 | 0.00 | 01/25/12 | Fraud-Federal Program | Details |
| 16 | 1 | 80.00 | 01/11/12 | Drugs-Drug Trafficking | Details |
| 17 | 6 | 1200.00 | 01/11/12 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 18 | 1 | 0.00 | 12/21/11 | Violence-Domestic | Details |
| 19 | 1 | 57.00 | 12/07/11 | Immigration | Details |
| 20 | 1 | 0.00 | 11/22/11 | Fraud-Health Care | Details |
| 17 | 3 | 240.00 | 11/22/11 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 17 | 4 | 300.00 | 11/22/11 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 17 | 5 | 240.00 | 11/16/11 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 17 | 7 | 180.00 | 11/16/11 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 17 | 1 | 360.00 | 11/09/11 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 17 | 2 | 360.00 | 11/09/11 | Weapons-Operation Triggerlock Major | Details |
| 21 | 1 | 78.00 | 10/05/11 | Civil Rights-Law Enforcement | Details |
Table 5: Individual Cases and Defendants Disposed of in Current Fiscal Year