Judge Reggie B. Walton
September 2012: Average Prison Sentence
District Court - Washington, D.C.
Program Area: Other
District Court - Washington, D.C.
Program Area: Other
Judge Reggie B. Walton didn't dispose of any cases in the District of Washington, D.C. in the current fiscal year (2012) and disposed of 6 cases in the previous year.
Over the last five years, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants that were credited to Judge Walton was 44.2 months. This was 25.5% lower than the 59.3 months typical in Washington, D.C. and 38.3% lower than the 71.6 months average prison sentence for the nation. Judge Reggie B. Walton sentenced 15 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 Walton'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 13 other judges in the District of Washington, D.C. with information on convictions during that period. Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges ranged from 35.8 months to 127.3 months, putting Judge Walton's average prison sentence of 44.2 months at the lower end of the range. The average prison sentence for the whole District of Washington, D.C. during that time was 59.3 months.
Professional Biography
Born 1949 in North Charleroi, PA
Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by George W. Bush on , to a seat vacated by Stanley Sporkin; Confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 2001, and received commission on September 24, 2001.
Education:
West Virginia State College, B.A., 1971
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 1974
Professional Career:
Staff attorney, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974-1976
Assistant U.S. attorney and executive assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1976-1981
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1981-1989
Associate director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 1989-1991
Senior White House Advisor for Crime, Executive Office of the President, 1991
Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1991-2001
Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled
The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Reggie B. Walton for the past five years was the Other - District of Columbia. It accounted for 40.0% of all cases.
Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Reggie B. Walton over the past five years were: Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation (13.3%), Other (13.3%), Energy (6.7%), Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) (6.7%), Housing and Urban Development (6.7%), Justice - Other (6.7%), Other - Social Security Administration (6.7%).
| Agency | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other - District of Columbia | 40.0% | 33.7% | 0.4% | |
| Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation | 13.3% | 36.5% | 44.1% | |
| Other | 13.3% | 14.9% | 2.9% | |
| Energy | 6.7% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |
| Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) | 6.7% | 1.0% | 2.5% | |
| Housing and Urban Development | 6.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | |
| Justice - Other | 6.7% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| Other - Social Security Administration | 6.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
Table 2: 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 Reggie B. Walton for the past five years was "18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records". It accounted for 33.3% of all cases.
Other lead charges with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed by Judge Reggie B. Walton over the past five years were: "18 USC 2422 - Transport for sex - Coercion and enticement" (20.0%), "18 USC 2252 - Material involving sexual exploitation of minors" (13.3%), "18 USC 666 - Theft or bribery in programs receiving Fed funds" (6.7%), "18 USC 1029 - Fraud and related activity - access devices" (6.7%), "18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (6.7%), "18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes" (6.7%), "18 USC 2242 - Sexual abuse" (6.7%).
| Lead Charge | Judge | District | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records | 33.3% | 10.6% | 3.8% | |
| 18 USC 2422 - Transport for sex - Coercion and enticement | 20.0% | 16.8% | 1.7% | |
| 18 USC 2252 - Material involving sexual exploitation of minors | 13.3% | 14.4% | 15.3% | |
| 18 USC 666 - Theft or bribery in programs receiving Fed funds | 6.7% | 2.4% | 0.2% | |
| 18 USC 1029 - Fraud and related activity - access devices | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.5% | |
| 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television | 6.7% | 1.0% | 0.4% | |
| 18 USC 2113 - Bank robbery and incidental crimes | 6.7% | 14.9% | 14.5% | |
| 18 USC 2242 - Sexual abuse | 6.7% | 1.9% | 0.3% |
Table 3: Composition of Cases for the Past Five Years (Top 10)
Number of Defendants in Judge Reggie B. Walton's Cases
Judge Reggie B. Walton didn't handle any convictions of this type in the current fiscal year 2012.