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False report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent mannerFla. Stat. § 790.163

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 40 Florida counties, 255 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 790.163 covers

Chapter 790 of the Florida Statutes — Weapons and Firearms. 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 11 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 14.3%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County214.8%
Broward County147.1%
Columbia County150.0%
Duval County1010.0%
Escambia County1010.0%
Hillsborough County1915.8%
Miami-Dade County1315.4%
Okaloosa County1060.0%
Orange County1414.3%
Pinellas County1631.3%
Volusia County1346.2%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (29)

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. § 790.163 at the source →

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