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Aggravated assaultFla. Stat. § 784.021

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 66 Florida counties, 21,405 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 784.021 covers

Chapter 784 of the Florida Statutes — Assault; Battery; Culpable Negligence. 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 64 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 35.5%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County48041.5%
Baker County6137.7%
Bay County50844.1%
Bradford County7447.3%
Broward County64223.2%
Calhoun County2025.0%
Charlotte County14438.9%
Citrus County26152.1%
Clay County14938.9%
Collier County20135.3%
Columbia County11631.9%
Desoto County6756.7%
Dixie County3348.5%
Duval County96543.2%
Escambia County74415.1%
Flagler County1827.8%
Franklin County1717.6%
Gadsden County160.0%
Gilchrist County3729.7%
Gulf County1758.8%
Hamilton County2552.0%
Hardee County2236.4%
Hendry County6939.1%
Hernando County20842.8%
Highlands County9836.7%
Hillsborough County2,82428.7%
Holmes County3540.0%
Indian River County12323.6%
Jackson County7128.2%
Jefferson County3831.6%
Lake County25225.0%
Lee County56627.6%
Leon County55225.4%
Levy County7345.2%
Liberty County2123.8%
Madison County1233.3%
Manatee County39535.7%
Marion County58946.9%
Martin County10039.0%
Miami-Dade County2,10327.2%
Monroe County6544.6%
Nassau County8025.0%
Okaloosa County21911.0%
Okeechobee County9445.7%
Orange County1,25624.0%
Osceola County30822.7%
Palm Beach County1,03433.5%
Pasco County81036.2%
Pinellas County85333.6%
Polk County54033.1%
Putnam County24549.0%
Santa Rosa County16638.6%
Sarasota County31830.8%
Seminole County24021.2%
St. Johns County23730.0%
St. Lucie County30941.1%
Sumter County14447.9%
Suwannee County3647.2%
Taylor County5223.1%
Union County3253.1%
Volusia County1,40540.6%
Wakulla County4119.5%
Walton County11324.8%
Washington County5240.4%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (2)

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. § 784.021 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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