Amherst County criminal court sentencing outcomes
What happened in 71 criminal charges recorded in Amherst County, 2019–2024. Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission public records.
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Charges with published sentencing rates (12)
Charges recorded but below the rate floor (59)
Fewer than 10 records, so we publish the count but not a sentencing rate. All 59 are listed and linked — the floor gates rates, never display.
- Repealed (formerly: punishment for conviction of misdemeanor larceny — recidivism) 9 cases
- Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, ... by convicted felons 7 cases
- Assault and battery 6 cases
- Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited 6 cases
- Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc 5 cases
- Assault and battery against a family or household member 5 cases
- Obtaining money or signature, etc., by false pretense 5 cases
- Threats to bomb, damage, or discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation 4 cases
- Felonies by prisoners 4 cases
- Strangulation or suffocation of another 4 cases
- Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc 4 cases
- Aggravated malicious wounding 3 cases
- Failure to perform promise for construction, etc., in return for advances 3 cases
- Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited 3 cases
- Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited 3 cases
- Forging public records, etc 2 cases
- Receiving, etc., stolen goods 2 cases
- Embezzlement deemed larceny 2 cases
- Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc. (destruction of property) 2 cases
- Unauthorized use of animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat 2 cases
- Penalties for sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute marijuana 2 cases
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Obtaining drugs, procuring administration of controlled substances, etc., by fraud, deceit or forgery 2 cases
- Criminal history record information check required for the transfer of certain firearms 2 cases
- Abduction and kidnapping defined 2 cases
- Abduction and kidnapping defined 2 cases
- Assault and battery against a family or household member 2 cases
- Robbery 2 cases
- Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property 2 cases
- What deemed perjury 1 case
- False statements, representations, impersonations and fraudulent devices 1 case
- Unauthorized use of animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat 1 case
- Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel 1 case
- Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited 1 case
- Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated 1 case
- Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited 1 case
- Strangulation or suffocation of another 1 case
- Penalties for sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute marijuana 1 case
- Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter 1 case
- Assault and battery against a family or household member 1 case
- Money laundering 1 case
- Credit card or gift card fraud 1 case
- Va. Code § 46.2-357(B) 1 case
- Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family 1 case
- Identity theft 1 case
- Forging, uttering, etc., other writings 1 case
- Computer fraud 1 case
- Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc. (destruction of property) 1 case
- Petit larceny defined 1 case
- Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated 1 case
- Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated 1 case
- Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop 1 case
- Embezzlement by officers, etc., of public or other funds 1 case
- Concealing or taking possession of merchandise 1 case
- Receipt of stolen firearm 1 case
- Felonies by prisoners 1 case
- Carrying concealed weapons 1 case
- Aggravated murder defined 1 case
- Felonies by prisoners 1 case
- False application or false swearing 1 case
How Amherst County compares
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Where this sentencing data comes from
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission public records. Window: 2019–2024. Sentencing rates are published only where a charge has at least 10 records in Amherst County; below that we publish the count alone. Percentages are weighted by case count, and are shares of all charges recorded — not of convictions.
CaseParity is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Statistics are computed from anonymized public sentencing records and describe historical patterns only. They do not predict outcomes in any individual case. Source: Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission. Guideline range per Va. Code § 19.2-298.01.
CaseParity takes no position on sentencing policy. We do not advocate for longer sentences or shorter ones. We do not favor any party, any side, or any outcome. We publish the record.
Past sentencing patterns do not predict future outcomes in any individual case. CaseParity does not recommend litigation strategy, plea decisions, sentencing positions, or appellate arguments. Sentencing outcomes reflect many factors not captured in structured public records.