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Felons and delinquentsFla. Stat. § 790.23

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 66 Florida counties, 30,442 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 790.23 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 66 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 62.8%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County69675.0%
Baker County5070.0%
Bay County65471.3%
Bradford County5675.0%
Broward County81052.3%
Calhoun County6857.4%
Charlotte County20461.3%
Citrus County23680.5%
Clay County21875.2%
Collier County21563.3%
Columbia County21663.9%
Desoto County11073.6%
Dixie County5569.1%
Duval County2,90277.1%
Escambia County1,26319.6%
Flagler County1553.3%
Franklin County4153.7%
Gadsden County150.0%
Gilchrist County3278.1%
Glades County1822.2%
Gulf County4463.6%
Hamilton County3868.4%
Hardee County5770.2%
Hendry County10167.3%
Hernando County21273.6%
Highlands County18060.0%
Hillsborough County3,84250.3%
Holmes County8348.2%
Indian River County18054.4%
Jackson County13273.5%
Jefferson County5162.7%
Lafayette County1346.2%
Lake County24654.1%
Lee County54562.2%
Leon County89755.4%
Levy County8378.3%
Liberty County2347.8%
Madison County3751.4%
Manatee County55867.2%
Marion County81671.2%
Martin County11973.9%
Miami-Dade County2,60554.2%
Monroe County4847.9%
Nassau County12968.2%
Okaloosa County38528.6%
Okeechobee County11561.7%
Orange County1,55243.8%
Osceola County23553.6%
Palm Beach County1,94064.6%
Pasco County94466.1%
Pinellas County1,41562.8%
Polk County63565.2%
Putnam County20679.6%
Santa Rosa County25646.1%
Sarasota County44359.6%
Seminole County52756.7%
St. Johns County23164.9%
St. Lucie County43476.3%
Sumter County18062.8%
Suwannee County8770.1%
Taylor County5829.3%
Union County2653.8%
Volusia County1,59569.7%
Wakulla County5259.6%
Walton County12545.6%
Washington County8850.0%

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. § 790.23 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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