Forgery — Alter Writing

Philadelphia-wide historical result

January 1, 2025 – July 24, 2026

Charges seen for this offense: 532. With a recorded final outcome: 80; those records make up the figures below.

These figures summarize criminal cases filed on or after January 1, 2025 in Philadelphia's Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas, with disposition or sentencing events on or after that date. Only charges with a recorded final outcome are included, and collection is ongoing: the figures reflect records collected so far, not every Philadelphia criminal case.

These figures come from a small number of records. With so little data behind them, the percentages can shift noticeably as more records are added, so read them as a rough summary rather than a settled pattern.

Records: 80

Historical outcome distribution
Outcome	Count	Percentage
Dismissed or withdrawn
Dismissed Definition	40	50%
Withdrawn Definition	15	18.8%
Guilty plea or verdict
Guilty plea Definition	9	11.3%
Acquittal Definition	4	5%
ARD Definition	12	15%

Sentence components: 18

Historical sentencing detail by sentence component
Sentence category	Count	Percentage
Probation Definition	6	33.3%
Incarceration Definition	1	5.6%
No further penalty Definition	3	16.7%
Other Definition	8	44.4%

Sentenced convictions: 9

Based on a small sample.

Historical sentencing rates: when charges like this ended in conviction
Sentence category	Convictions	Percentage of sentenced convictions	Median (months)
Probation Definition	5	55.6%	48
Incarceration Definition	1	11.1%	11.5–23
No further penalty Definition	3	33.3%

Percentages may add up to more than 100% because a single conviction can include more than one sentence type.

0 of 9 recorded convictions (0%) have no public sentencing record in the collected data and are not counted in the rates above.

Conviction grades: F2 55.6% · F3 44.4%