Trespassing in Fauquier County

Trespassing cases in Fauquier County are dismissed at a substantially higher rate than the state average. Across 80 cases, 69.6% resulted in dismissal compared to Virginia's 52.6% statewide rate—a 17 percentage point gap that suggests Fauquier County prosecutors or judges scrutinize these charges more carefully or that cases brought here have weaker evidence. The 30.4% conviction rate reflects an inverse pattern: fewer trespassing defendants are convicted in Fauquier than across Virginia overall. Notably, no acquittals occurred in this dataset, meaning all convictions came through guilty pleas rather than trial verdicts.

Cases moved through the system at a moderate pace, with a median disposition time of 105.5 days. The middle 50% of cases resolved between 45 and 175 days, indicating variability in how quickly cases reach closure. When convictions did occur, they resulted in modest penalties: a median sentence of 90 days and an average fine of $130.56. The gap between median and average sentence length suggests most defendants received shorter terms, with a few receiving longer sentences pulling the average upward.