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Tampering with or fabricating physical evidenceFla. Stat. § 918.13

Criminal sentencing outcomes across 64 Florida counties, 7,840 charges recorded, 2018–2026.

What Fla. Stat. § 918.13 covers

Chapter 918 of the Florida Statutes — Conduct of Trial. 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 56 counties with enough records to publish a rate, the median is 32.3%.

CountyCharges recordedState prison, per 100 charges recorded
Alachua County15255.9%
Baker County1656.3%
Bay County33448.8%
Bradford County4151.2%
Broward County12721.3%
Charlotte County10043.0%
Citrus County5550.9%
Clay County3122.6%
Collier County2825.0%
Columbia County6028.3%
Desoto County7067.1%
Dixie County3243.7%
Duval County34037.4%
Escambia County38111.8%
Gulf County1258.3%
Hardee County2931.0%
Hendry County4139.0%
Hernando County5543.6%
Highlands County2437.5%
Hillsborough County59228.0%
Holmes County6722.4%
Indian River County7825.6%
Jackson County2347.8%
Jefferson County1936.8%
Lake County7220.8%
Lee County11525.2%
Leon County11036.4%
Levy County3537.1%
Madison County1020.0%
Manatee County12831.2%
Marion County22138.0%
Martin County11554.8%
Miami-Dade County66820.8%
Monroe County6229.0%
Nassau County6322.2%
Okaloosa County12911.6%
Okeechobee County9337.6%
Orange County19112.6%
Osceola County6513.8%
Palm Beach County22932.8%
Pasco County24527.8%
Pinellas County31831.8%
Polk County37439.6%
Putnam County13540.7%
Santa Rosa County11727.4%
Sarasota County24621.1%
Seminole County10726.2%
St. Johns County6636.4%
St. Lucie County17343.9%
Sumter County6827.9%
Suwannee County2744.4%
Taylor County3729.7%
Union County1353.8%
Volusia County78726.9%
Walton County2520.0%
Washington County4141.5%

Counties with too few records to publish a sentencing rate (8)

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. § 918.13 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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