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Resisting officer without violence to his or her personFla. Stat. § 843.02

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 66 Florida counties, 137,725 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 843.02 covers

Chapter 843 of the Florida Statutes — Obstructing Justice. 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 0.0%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County1,6880.4%
Baker County1830.0%
Bay County3,6400.0%
Bradford County2240.4%
Broward County4,9420.2%
Calhoun County860.0%
Charlotte County1,0650.1%
Citrus County1,1080.0%
Clay County1,0230.6%
Collier County1,8060.0%
Columbia County6870.0%
Desoto County4270.2%
Dixie County1500.0%
Duval County10,3210.0%
Escambia County4,8430.0%
Flagler County580.0%
Franklin County1120.0%
Gadsden County1350.0%
Gilchrist County570.0%
Glades County791.3%
Gulf County1331.5%
Hamilton County1050.0%
Hardee County3070.0%
Hendry County5770.0%
Hernando County1,1100.0%
Highlands County1,1010.1%
Hillsborough County13,5530.0%
Holmes County2220.0%
Indian River County1,5300.1%
Jackson County3720.0%
Jefferson County1110.0%
Lafayette County300.0%
Lake County1,3210.2%
Lee County3,3840.0%
Leon County2,4770.1%
Levy County2290.0%
Liberty County640.0%
Madison County2012.0%
Manatee County2,2470.1%
Marion County3,2210.1%
Martin County1,2490.1%
Miami-Dade County8,18312.8%
Monroe County9740.4%
Nassau County5210.0%
Okaloosa County2,4590.2%
Okeechobee County5000.0%
Orange County5,6310.2%
Osceola County1,1920.2%
Palm Beach County9,7080.0%
Pasco County3,6961.8%
Pinellas County8,6820.1%
Polk County7,6470.1%
Putnam County8160.2%
Santa Rosa County1,4440.1%
Sarasota County2,8060.2%
Seminole County3,3730.0%
St. Johns County1,5730.0%
St. Lucie County1,6640.1%
Sumter County7110.1%
Suwannee County2660.0%
Taylor County2270.0%
Union County920.0%
Volusia County8,4630.1%
Wakulla County1670.0%
Walton County5230.2%
Washington County2290.4%

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. § 843.02 at the source →

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