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James Randall Smith Attorey at Law
1201 South Shepherd Houston, TX 77019 |
| FY 2005 Parole Approval Rates by Offense Type | |||||||||||||||
| Offense | Votes | Sep-04 | Oct-04 | Nov-04 | Dec-04 | Jan-05 | Feb-05 | Mar-05 | Apr-05 | May-05 | Jun-05 | Jul-05 | Aug-05 | FY05 Total | |
| Aggravated-No Sex Offense | Considered | 841 | 769 | 597 | 603 | 661 | 656 | 752 | 676 | 728 | 795 | 598 | 786 | 8462 | |
| AGGRAVATED (NO SEX) | Approved | 186 | 160 | 117 | 137 | 130 | 118 | 184 | 136 | 149 | 165 | 123 | 173 | 1778 | |
| Approval Rate | 22.12% | 20.81% | 19.60% | 22.72% | 19.67% | 17.99% | 24.47% | 20.12% | 20.47% | 20.75% | 20.57% | 22.01% | 21.01% | ||
| Aggravated-Sex Offense | Considered | 427 | 422 | 305 | 309 | 285 | 284 | 387 | 306 | 292 | 258 | 201 | 268 | 3744 | |
| AGGRAVATED (SEX) | Approved | 111 | 90 | 49 | 53 | 45 | 46 | 50 | 43 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 20 | 570 | |
| Approval Rate | 26.00% | 21.33% | 16.07% | 17.15% | 15.79% | 16.20% | 12.92% | 14.05% | 7.53% | 10.47% | 6.97% | 7.46% | 15.22% | ||
| Violent-Not Aggravated-No Sex Offense | Considered | 1156 | 1014 | 952 | 1035 | 916 | 938 | 1142 | 976 | 1080 | 1166 | 912 | 1163 | 12450 | |
| Approved | 222 | 150 | 172 | 203 | 168 | 161 | 197 | 154 | 199 | 244 | 176 | 255 | 2301 | ||
| Approval Rate | 19.20% | 14.79% | 18.07% | 19.61% | 18.34% | 17.16% | 17.25% | 15.78% | 18.43% | 20.93% | 19.30% | 21.93% | 18.48% | ||
| Not Aggravated Sex Offense | Considered | 201 | 184 | 182 | 209 | 202 | 187 | 217 | 210 | 201 | 189 | 169 | 186 | 2337 | |
| NOT AGGRAVATED (SEX) | Approved | 34 | 28 | 21 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 281 | |
| Approval Rate | 16.92% | 15.22% | 11.54% | 14.83% | 12.38% | 11.23% | 10.14% | 9.52% | 11.44% | 12.17% | 10.06% | 8.60% | 12.02% | ||
| Nonviolent-No Sex Offense | Considered | 3765 | 3478 | 3069 | 3318 | 3277 | 3310 | 3985 | 3775 | 3728 | 4255 | 3436 | 4005 | 43401 | |
| NONVIOLENT (NO SEX) | Approved | 1389 | 1261 | 1145 | 1245 | 1125 | 1058 | 1346 | 1160 | 1136 | 1307 | 1048 | 1332 | 14552 | |
| Approval Rate | 36.89% | 36.26% | 37.31% | 37.52% | 34.33% | 31.96% | 33.78% | 30.73% | 30.47% | 30.72% | 30.50% | 33.26% | 33.53% | ||
| Total | Considered | 6390 | 5867 | 5105 | 5474 | 5341 | 5375 | 6483 | 5943 | 6029 | 6663 | 5316 | 6408 | 70394 | |
| Total | Approved | 1942 | 1689 | 1504 | 1669 | 1493 | 1404 | 1799 | 1513 | 1529 | 1766 | 1378 | 1796 | 19482 | |
| Approval Rate | 30.39% | 28.79% | 29.46% | 30.49% | 27.95% | 26.12% | 27.75% | 25.46% | 25.36% | 26.50% | 25.92% | 28.03% | 27.68% | ||
| FY 2005 Discretionary MS Approval Rates by Offense Type | |||||||||||||||
| Offense | Votes | Sep-04 | Oct-04 | Nov-04 | Dec-04 | Jan-05 | Feb-05 | Mar-05 | Apr-05 | May-05 | Jun-05 | Jul-05 | Aug-05 | FY05 Total | |
| Aggravated-No Sex Offense | Considered | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| AGGRAVATED (NO SEX) | Approved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Approval Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | ERR | 0.00% | ||
| Aggravated-Sex Offense | Considered | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 38 | |
| AGGRAVATED (SEX) | Approved | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Approval Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% | 33.33% | 25.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 20.00% | 14.29% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 10.53% | ||
| Violent-Not Aggravated-No Sex Offense | Considered | 222 | 91 | 117 | 168 | 257 | 228 | 250 | 260 | 301 | 274 | 248 | 265 | 2681 | |
| Approved | 87 | 25 | 43 | 56 | 93 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 84 | 66 | 866 | ||
| Approval Rate | 39.19% | 27.47% | 36.75% | 33.33% | 36.19% | 36.84% | 34.00% | 33.46% | 25.91% | 28.47% | 33.87% | 24.91% | 32.30% | ||
| Not Aggravated Sex Offense | Considered | 18 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 260 | |
| NOT AGGRAVATED (SEX) | Approved | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 61 | |
| Approval Rate | 16.67% | 0.00% | 14.29% | 27.78% | 33.33% | 25.00% | 13.04% | 33.33% | 22.58% | 28.00% | 16.67% | 23.81% | 23.46% | ||
| Nonviolent-No Sex Offense | Considered | 759 | 343 | 472 | 829 | 1042 | 949 | 1131 | 1020 | 1114 | 1091 | 1003 | 1028 | 10781 | |
| NONVIOLENT (NO SEX) | Approved | 454 | 181 | 261 | 503 | 686 | 569 | 639 | 568 | 625 | 611 | 566 | 611 | 6274 | |
| Approval Rate | 59.82% | 52.77% | 55.30% | 60.68% | 65.83% | 59.96% | 56.50% | 55.69% | 56.10% | 56.00% | 56.43% | 59.44% | 58.19% | ||
| Total | Considered | 1002 | 443 | 599 | 1020 | 1334 | 1212 | 1410 | 1308 | 1448 | 1394 | 1278 | 1317 | 13765 | |
| Total | Approved | 544 | 206 | 306 | 565 | 790 | 662 | 728 | 663 | 710 | 696 | 654 | 682 | 7206 | |
| Approval Rate | 54.29% | 46.50% | 51.09% | 55.39% | 59.22% | 54.62% | 51.63% | 50.69% | 49.03% | 49.93% | 51.17% | 51.78% | 52.35% | ||
| FY 2005 Parole Approval Rates by Guidelines Level | |||||||||||||||
| Guideline Score | Votes | Sep-04 | Oct-04 | Nov-04 | Dec-04 | Jan-05 | Feb-05 | Mar-05 | Apr-05 | May-05 | Jun-05 | Jul-05 | Aug-05 | FY05 Total | Estimated Approval Rate |
| 1 | Considered | 86 | 83 | 66 | 46 | 56 | 54 | 63 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 39 | 65 | 728 | 0% - 5% |
| AGGRAVATED (NO SEX) | Approved | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 37 | |
| Approval Rate | 5.81% | 2.41% | 4.55% | 6.52% | 5.36% | 3.70% | 1.59% | 6.00% | 10.00% | 8.33% | 2.56% | 4.62% | 5.08% | ||
| 2 | Considered | 844 | 849 | 681 | 692 | 636 | 638 | 801 | 717 | 800 | 850 | 676 | 820 | 9004 | 6% - 15% |
| AGGRAVATED (SEX) | Approved | 143 | 147 | 114 | 101 | 94 | 83 | 128 | 93 | 113 | 116 | 92 | 122 | 1346 | |
| Approval Rate | 16.94% | 17.31% | 16.74% | 14.60% | 14.78% | 13.01% | 15.98% | 12.97% | 14.13% | 13.65% | 13.61% | 14.88% | 14.95% | ||
| 3 | Considered | 899 | 816 | 656 | 713 | 621 | 621 | 763 | 708 | 743 | 877 | 570 | 784 | 8771 | 16% - 25% |
| Approved | 175 | 145 | 111 | 134 | 110 | 99 | 124 | 108 | 132 | 144 | 99 | 152 | 1533 | ||
| Approval Rate | 19.47% | 17.77% | 16.92% | 18.79% | 17.71% | 15.94% | 16.25% | 15.25% | 17.77% | 16.42% | 17.37% | 19.39% | 17.48% | ||
| 4 | Considered | 2106 | 1849 | 1653 | 1817 | 1746 | 1602 | 2072 | 1913 | 2080 | 2211 | 1695 | 1970 | 22714 | 26% - 35% |
| NOT AGGRAVATED (SEX) | Approved | 570 | 396 | 368 | 437 | 358 | 323 | 432 | 374 | 399 | 511 | 360 | 470 | 4998 | |
| Approval Rate | 27.07% | 21.42% | 22.26% | 24.05% | 20.50% | 20.16% | 20.85% | 19.55% | 19.18% | 23.11% | 21.24% | 23.86% | 22.00% | ||
| 5 | Considered | 803 | 697 | 709 | 685 | 641 | 601 | 825 | 802 | 833 | 844 | 737 | 800 | 8977 | 36% - 50% |
| NONVIOLENT (NO SEX) | Approved | 305 | 250 | 280 | 252 | 208 | 185 | 286 | 240 | 276 | 277 | 224 | 277 | 3060 | |
| Approval Rate | 37.98% | 35.87% | 39.49% | 36.79% | 32.45% | 30.78% | 34.67% | 29.93% | 33.13% | 32.82% | 30.39% | 34.63% | 34.09% | ||
| 6 | Considered | 1087 | 949 | 855 | 920 | 813 | 793 | 1071 | 1015 | 1020 | 1197 | 874 | 1048 | 11642 | 51% - 75% |
| UNKNOWN | Approved | 470 | 397 | 375 | 437 | 345 | 312 | 433 | 411 | 392 | 454 | 342 | 460 | 4828 | |
| Approval Rate | 43.24% | 41.83% | 43.86% | 47.50% | 42.44% | 39.34% | 40.43% | 40.49% | 38.43% | 37.93% | 39.13% | 43.89% | 41.47% | ||
| 7 | Considered | 444 | 433 | 399 | 423 | 384 | 287 | 428 | 434 | 386 | 530 | 405 | 397 | 4950 | 76% - 100% |
| UNKNOWN | Approved | 247 | 269 | 232 | 253 | 219 | 154 | 222 | 202 | 179 | 238 | 186 | 187 | 2588 | |
| Approval Rate | 55.63% | 62.12% | 58.15% | 59.81% | 57.03% | 53.66% | 51.87% | 46.54% | 46.37% | 44.91% | 45.93% | 47.10% | 52.28% | ||
| Total with Guidelines | Considered | 6269 | 5676 | 5019 | 5296 | 4897 | 4596 | 6023 | 5639 | 5922 | 6569 | 4996 | 5884 | 66786 | ERR |
| Total | Approved | 1915 | 1606 | 1483 | 1617 | 1337 | 1158 | 1626 | 1431 | 1497 | 1745 | 1304 | 1671 | 18390 | to |
| Approval Rate | 30.55% | 28.29% | 29.55% | 30.53% | 27.30% | 25.20% | 27.00% | 25.38% | 25.28% | 26.56% | 26.10% | 28.40% | 27.54% | 44.47% | |
| Total without Guidelines | Considered | 121 | 191 | 86 | 178 | 444 | 779 | 460 | 304 | 107 | 94 | 320 | 524 | 3608 | |
| Total | Approved | 27 | 83 | 21 | 52 | 156 | 246 | 173 | 82 | 32 | 21 | 74 | 125 | 1092 | |
| Approval Rate | 22.31% | 43.46% | 24.42% | 29.21% | 35.14% | 31.58% | 37.61% | 26.97% | 29.91% | 22.34% | 23.13% | 23.85% | 30.27% | ||
| FY 2005 Cases Approved for Parole by FI Types | |||||||||||||||
| Month | FI-1 | FI-2 | FI-3 | FI-4 | FI-5 | FI-6 | FI-3R | FI-6R | FI-7R | FI-9R | FI-18R | TOTAL | # Tier Votes To Date | FY05 % Tier Votes | |
| Sep-04 | 479 | 390 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 138 | 400 | 2 | 368 | 122 | 1,942 | 1,030 | ||
| 25% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 7% | 21% | 0% | 19% | 6% | 53% | ||||
| Oct-04 | 474 | 263 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 151 | 356 | 1 | 326 | 89 | 1,689 | 1,953 | ||
| 28% | 16% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 9% | 21% | 0% | 19% | 5% | 54% | ||||
| Nov-04 | 425 | 258 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 155 | 311 | 1 | 273 | 50 | 1,504 | 2,743 | ||
| 28% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 10% | 21% | 0% | 18% | 3% | 53% | ||||
| Dec-04 | 394 | 313 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 183 | 351 | 4 | 313 | 63 | 1,669 | 3,657 | ||
| 24% | 19% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 11% | 21% | 0% | 19% | 4% | 54% | ||||
| Jan-05 | 379 | 230 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 191 | 333 | 1 | 272 | 52 | 1,493 | 4,506 | ||
| 25% | 15% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 13% | 22% | 0% | 18% | 3% | 54% | ||||
| Feb-05 | 399 | 286 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 119 | 287 | 2 | 226 | 45 | 1,404 | 5,185 | ||
| 28% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 8% | 20% | 0% | 16% | 3% | 53% | ||||
| Mar-05 | 519 | 308 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 208 | 411 | 3 | 248 | 59 | 1,799 | 6,114 | ||
| 29% | 17% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 12% | 23% | 0% | 14% | 3% | 53% | ||||
| Apr-05 | 438 | 299 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 149 | 441 | 4 | 81 | 50 | 1,513 | 6,839 | ||
| 29% | 20% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 10% | 29% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 53% | ||||
| May-05 | 420 | 314 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 203 | 493 | 0 | 38 | 31 | 1,529 | 7,604 | ||
| 27% | 21% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 13% | 32% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 52% | ||||
| Jun-05 | 512 | 339 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 256 | 556 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 1,766 | 8,479 | ||
| 29% | 19% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 14% | 31% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 52% | ||||
| Jul-05 | 404 | 285 | 0 | 7 | 112 | 0 | 188 | 343 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 1,378 | 9,049 | ||
| 29% | 21% | 0% | 1% | 8% | 0% | 14% | 25% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 51% | ||||
| Aug-05 | 549 | 366 | 0 | 8 | 167 | 0 | 233 | 432 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1,779 | 9,738 | ||
| 31% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 13% | 24% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 50% | ||||
| FY Total to date | 5,392 | 3,651 | 0 | 82 | 602 | 0 | 2,174 | 4,714 | 23 | 2,192 | 635 | 19,465 | |||
| 28% | 19% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 11% | 24% | 0% | 11% | 3% | 100% | ||||
| 0% | 5% | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 6% | 15% | 1351 | |||||||||||||
| 16% | 25% | 2193 | |||||||||||||
| 26% | 35% | 7950 | |||||||||||||
| 36% | 50% | 4489 | |||||||||||||
| 51% | 75% | 8732 | |||||||||||||
| 76% | 100% | 4950 | |||||||||||||
| 29701 | |||||||||||||||
| 44.47% | |||||||||||||||