Skip to content
CaseParity

BatteryFla. Stat. § 784.03

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 66 Florida counties, 153,235 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 784.03 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 66 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 3.2%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County2,43911.1%
Baker County3833.1%
Bay County5,7525.6%
Bradford County29112.4%
Broward County1,9461.7%
Calhoun County1941.0%
Charlotte County1,3902.4%
Citrus County1,7544.4%
Clay County2,1342.0%
Collier County1,8002.4%
Columbia County4515.8%
Desoto County2205.0%
Dixie County1132.7%
Duval County13,4941.8%
Escambia County5,6941.2%
Flagler County1273.9%
Franklin County2203.2%
Gadsden County1520.0%
Gilchrist County1365.1%
Glades County885.7%
Gulf County2248.5%
Hamilton County8017.5%
Hardee County3903.1%
Hendry County3611.4%
Hernando County2,0304.1%
Highlands County9743.6%
Hillsborough County14,9234.8%
Holmes County3733.2%
Indian River County1,0681.8%
Jackson County3656.8%
Jefferson County1072.8%
Lafayette County348.8%
Lake County1,6353.8%
Lee County2,7071.0%
Leon County3,1444.4%
Levy County2955.8%
Liberty County925.4%
Madison County1160.9%
Manatee County2,4191.9%
Marion County3,6896.2%
Martin County1,0280.9%
Miami-Dade County4,99810.0%
Monroe County7312.2%
Nassau County4261.9%
Okaloosa County2,1151.7%
Okeechobee County4531.5%
Orange County5,3681.5%
Osceola County1,3811.4%
Palm Beach County12,2490.6%
Pasco County6,7464.6%
Pinellas County9,8863.5%
Polk County5,1043.6%
Putnam County1,3205.2%
Santa Rosa County2,0301.8%
Sarasota County2,5193.5%
Seminole County2,8420.5%
St. Johns County2,6302.8%
St. Lucie County2,1636.5%
Sumter County1,2556.1%
Suwannee County2111.9%
Taylor County2202.3%
Union County1119.0%
Volusia County12,3595.3%
Wakulla County1862.7%
Walton County7430.8%
Washington County3573.1%

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. § 784.03 at the source →

CaseParity takes no position on sentencing policy. We do not advocate for longer sentences or shorter ones. We do not favor any party, any side, or any outcome. We publish the record.

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.

CaseParity is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Documented past outcomes, reported in aggregate; not a prediction about any individual case. CaseParity never looks up individual cases.