Buchanan County criminal court sentencing outcomes
What happened in 71 criminal charges recorded in Buchanan County, 2019–2024. Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission public records.
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Charges with published sentencing rates (9)
Charges recorded but below the rate floor (62)
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- Felonies by prisoners 9 cases
- Driving motor vehicle, engine, etc., while intoxicated, etc 8 cases
- Repealed (formerly: punishment for conviction of misdemeanor larceny — recidivism) 7 cases
- Abduction and kidnapping defined 6 cases
- Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, ... by convicted felons 6 cases
- Grand larceny defined 6 cases
- Criminal history record information check required for the transfer of certain firearms 5 cases
- Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop 5 cases
- Concealing or taking possession of merchandise 5 cases
- Threats to bomb, damage, or discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation 5 cases
- Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc. (destruction of property) 4 cases
- Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property 3 cases
- Assault and battery against a family or household member 3 cases
- Issuance of bad checks 3 cases
- Credit card theft 3 cases
- Failure to perform promise for construction, etc., in return for advances 3 cases
- Petit larceny defined 3 cases
- Forging public records, etc 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
- Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel 3 cases
- Possession of controlled substances unlawful 3 cases
- Possession of controlled substances unlawful 3 cases
- Penalties for sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute marijuana 2 cases
- Larceny with intent to sell or distribute 2 cases
- Receiving, etc., stolen goods 2 cases
- Embezzlement deemed larceny 2 cases
- Fraudulent conversion or removal of property subject to lien or title to which is in another 2 cases
- Obtaining money or signature, etc., by false pretense 2 cases
- Issuing bad checks, etc., larceny 2 cases
- Penalties for sale, gift, distribution or possession with intent to sell, give or distribute marijuana 2 cases
- Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited 2 cases
- Illegal conveyance or possession of cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device by prisoner or committed person 2 cases
- Strangulation or suffocation of another 2 cases
- Burglary 2 cases
- Grand larceny defined 2 cases
- Penalties for failure to appear 2 cases
- Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials 1 case
- How involuntary manslaughter punished 1 case
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Delivery of drugs, firearms, explosives, etc., to prisoners or committed persons 1 case
- Escape without force or violence or setting fire to jail 1 case
- First and second degree murder defined 1 case
- Aggravated murder defined 1 case
- Aggravated malicious wounding 1 case
- Va. Code § 46.2-357(B)(2) 1 case
- Driving after forfeiture of license 1 case
- (Effective until July 1, 2027) Obtaining drugs, procuring administration of controlled substances, etc., by fraud, deceit or forgery 1 case
- Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated 1 case
- Burning or destroying dwelling house, etc 1 case
- Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation 1 case
- Fraudulent application for credit card 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
- Breaking and entering dwelling house with intent to commit other misdemeanor 1 case
- Possession of burglarious tools, etc 1 case
- Forging, or keeping an instrument for forging, a seal 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
- Violation of provisions of protective orders 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
- Entering property of another for purpose of damaging it, etc 1 case
- Cruelty to animals 1 case
- Cruelty to animals 1 case
- Smoking materials prohibited 1 case
- What deemed perjury 1 case
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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 Buchanan 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.
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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.