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Refusal to submit to testingFla. Stat. § 316.1939

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 62 Florida counties, 11,890 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 316.1939 covers

Chapter 316 of the Florida Statutes — State Uniform Traffic Control. A single statute can span several offences at different degrees, and the figures on this page pool every degree. No single rate here is the rate for any one degree.

How often did this charge end in state prison, by county?

Sorted alphabetically, never worst-first. Every rate below has one denominator and it is stated in the column heading: all charges recorded, not convictions. A rate computed on convictions would be higher, and mixing the two is why the same statute can appear to have different “worst counties” on different pages. Across the 50 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 0.0%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County870.0%
Bay County1980.0%
Bradford County280.0%
Broward County3000.0%
Charlotte County2010.0%
Citrus County971.0%
Clay County830.0%
Collier County3550.0%
Columbia County400.0%
Desoto County270.0%
Duval County4710.0%
Escambia County2990.0%
Gilchrist County100.0%
Gulf County110.0%
Hendry County380.0%
Hernando County910.0%
Highlands County560.0%
Hillsborough County1,8550.0%
Indian River County2950.0%
Jackson County210.0%
Lake County1400.0%
Lee County6830.0%
Leon County1020.0%
Levy County350.0%
Manatee County3310.0%
Marion County2050.0%
Martin County2940.3%
Miami-Dade County7111.3%
Monroe County1460.0%
Nassau County460.0%
Okaloosa County1680.0%
Okeechobee County250.0%
Orange County770.0%
Osceola County530.0%
Palm Beach County9270.0%
Pasco County5171.9%
Pinellas County1,5880.0%
Polk County1780.0%
Putnam County290.0%
Santa Rosa County1550.0%
Sarasota County4930.0%
Seminole County630.0%
St. Johns County2520.0%
St. Lucie County2840.0%
Sumter County600.0%
Suwannee County200.0%
Volusia County2040.0%
Wakulla County330.0%
Walton County820.0%
Washington County140.0%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (12)

Fewer than 10 records each. The count is published; the rate is not.

Source, window and the n≥10 floor

Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. A sentencing rate is published for a county only where that county has at least 10 records for this charge. Percentages are weighted by case count. Where the categories on a county page sum to less than 100%, the remainder is a sentence not recorded in the public extract, and that county page names it.

The statute

Read Fla. Stat. § 316.1939 at the source →

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Past sentencing patterns do not predict future outcomes in any individual case. CaseParity does not recommend litigation strategy, plea decisions, sentencing positions, or appellate arguments. Sentencing outcomes reflect many factors not captured in structured public records.

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