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Felony batteryFla. Stat. § 784.041

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 66 Florida counties, 12,144 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 784.041 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 59 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 29.0%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County25650.0%
Baker County2245.5%
Bay County68137.0%
Bradford County4168.3%
Broward County21415.9%
Calhoun County3125.8%
Charlotte County9527.4%
Citrus County16138.5%
Clay County11927.7%
Collier County5839.7%
Columbia County4124.4%
Desoto County3348.5%
Duval County33431.4%
Escambia County42410.8%
Franklin County1338.5%
Gadsden County210.0%
Gulf County1662.5%
Hamilton County1127.3%
Hardee County2128.6%
Hendry County2714.8%
Hernando County13831.2%
Highlands County2334.8%
Hillsborough County1,38116.9%
Holmes County4131.7%
Indian River County7424.3%
Jackson County9329.0%
Jefferson County3928.2%
Lake County14524.8%
Lee County23920.1%
Leon County27123.2%
Levy County2454.2%
Manatee County16224.7%
Marion County34444.8%
Martin County5034.0%
Miami-Dade County1,32617.0%
Monroe County6627.3%
Nassau County3020.0%
Okaloosa County11516.5%
Okeechobee County3923.1%
Orange County53316.5%
Osceola County11922.7%
Palm Beach County49327.8%
Pasco County57135.0%
Pinellas County63030.8%
Polk County30838.3%
Putnam County17639.8%
Santa Rosa County12437.1%
Sarasota County22429.9%
Seminole County19719.3%
St. Johns County13434.3%
St. Lucie County16733.5%
Sumter County8035.0%
Suwannee County1752.9%
Taylor County329.4%
Union County1338.5%
Volusia County86639.8%
Wakulla County1414.3%
Walton County11626.7%
Washington County5933.9%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (7)

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. § 784.041 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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