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Number of Offenders Convicted in Federal Courts by Statute*

Offense Fiscal Year 2007Fiscal Year 2008
Carrying a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime or Crime of Violence
18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
3,9573,799
Conspiracy or Attempt to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance
21 U.S.C. § 846
15,24415,287
Distribution of Controlled Substance to a Person Under the Age Twenty-One
21 U.S.C. § 859
127
Distribution or Manufacturing a Controlled Substance In or Near Schools or Colleges
21 U.S.C. § 860
189243
Drug Abuse Prevention and Control: Prohibited Acts C, including Use of a Communication Facility During the Commission of a Drug Trafficking Offense
21 U.S.C. § 843
1,3691,145
Misprision of a Felony
18 U.S.C. § 4
449439
Possession with Intent to Distribute or Distribution of a Controlled Substance
21 U.S.C. § 841
19,44219,908
Simple Possession of a Controlled Substance
21 U.S.C. § 844
627650


* Statistics provided by the United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys.

NOTE: These statistics reflect the outcome of an offender on the specified statute only. It is possible that an offender may have had an outcome of guilty overall, but one of the specified statute may have been dismissed. Also, a single defendant could have been convicted of more than one of the displayed statutes.


 
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