Guideline J: Criminal Conduct
Criminal conduct, whether a single serious offense or a pattern of lesser ones.
3,781
decided hearing cases
23%
granted
The specific issues, and how they fared
Criminal conduct — unspecified
23% granted · 2,041DUI / DWI (criminal)
24% granted · 1,045Drug related criminal charge
19% granted · 786Assault / battery
23% granted · 566Fraud / deception criminal
13% granted · 526Theft / larceny
22% granted · 420Mitigations judges credited most
Rehabilitation evidence
243
No subsequent offenses
151
Acknowledgment & remorse
112
Passage of time
100
Credible explanation of omission
24
Counted only where the judge expressly credited the mitigation, not merely where it was claimed.
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Descriptive statistics from decided public DOHA cases. Not legal advice or a prediction. † marks samples under 20 cases.