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Failure of defendant on bail to appearFla. Stat. § 843.15

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 44 Florida counties, 5,963 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 843.15 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 17 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 35.3%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County1060.0%
Charlotte County147.1%
Citrus County2343.5%
Duval County1752.9%
Escambia County11515.7%
Hamilton County100.0%
Hendry County6320.0%
Indian River County1060.0%
Martin County1,6330.0%
Okaloosa County1,7670.3%
Okeechobee County234.3%
Pasco County74637.3%
Pinellas County70840.7%
Putnam County2272.7%
Sarasota County1735.3%
Volusia County1850.0%
Walton County12922.5%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (27)

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. § 843.15 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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