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Florida · Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(a) · 2018–2026

Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(a) — Possession of a controlled substance — sentencing variation by county

Documented sentencing variation across all 23 countys from Florida public records (2018–2026). Each point is one county. Counts are always shown; the inferred rate is displayed only at N≥30 — sub-threshold units appear with their counts and the rate withheld. Not a prediction about any case.

Florida · 893.13.6a · variation by county

Sentencing variation across countys

Possession (6)(a) is reported at subsection grain in 23 counties; ~43 counties report § 893.13 only at section grain, where possession cannot be separated from sale/delivery/trafficking — so they are not shown for this charge. 2018–2026.

Documented outcomes from past public court records. Not a prediction. CaseParity does not provide legal advice.

Data — all countys

CountyN chargesN convictedPrison rate
Bay County4,6763,77350.6%
Broward County1,6811,00621.7%
Charlotte County2,4632,21733.1%
Citrus County3,1122,52251.4%
Clay County2,1441,64926.1%
Escambia County10,8038,50210.5%
Flagler County24713928.8%
Gadsden County61350.0%
Indian River County2,0971,73637.3%
Lee County6,8435,46124.5%
Leon County2,1011,51022.8%
Martin County2,2921,51060.3%
Miami-Dade County14,0788,49913.0%
Okaloosa County2,8632,16121.1%
Orange County10,7876,9445.7%
Osceola County1,6251,17810.6%
Pasco County11,7259,41830.1%
Polk County3,9163,05734.5%
Sarasota County8,4926,50320.1%
Seminole County5,4503,48225.9%
St. Johns County3,0662,07728.6%
St. Lucie County3,9952,96045.9%
Volusia County14,0279,56335.0%

Florida Clerks of Court criminal-case data (CJDT extract, all 67 counties); 23 of 67 counties code charges at subsection grain Rates at N≥30; named-unit rates at N≥100. Counts shown for every unit; sub-threshold rates withheld. Possession (6)(a) is reported at subsection grain in 23 counties; ~43 counties report § 893.13 only at section grain, where possession cannot be separated from sale/delivery/trafficking — so they are not shown for this charge. Not a prediction. CaseParity is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.

How long? — sentence-length distribution

averagemedian

Across these Florida records, county jail averaged 5 mo (median 4 mo; half fall between 1 mo and 7 mo); state prison terms were longer (average 2.8 yr).

State prison
12–1818–2424–3636–60

average 2.8 yr · median 2.1 yr · bar width = share of cases · months →

County jail
<11–33–66–12

average 5 mo · median 4 mo · bar width = share of cases · months →

Probation
6–1218–2424–3636–60

average 2.3 yr · median 2.0 yr · bar width = share of cases · months →

Bar width = share of cases in each length band, so the weight is visible directly (heavy bands are wide, sparse bands collapse to slivers), not uniform bars. Width also drives shading.

Sentence-length distribution by sentence type: case count, median, average, middle 50% (25th–75th percentile), and most-common band (months).
Sentence typeCasesMedianAverageMiddle 50%Most-common band
State prison22,1202.1 yr2.8 yr18 mo–3.8 yr36–60 mo (39%)
County jail42,8804 mo5 mo1 mo–7 mo6–12 mo (32%)
Probation11,3212.0 yr2.3 yr18 mo–3.0 yr24–36 mo (35%)

Median, average, and the middle 50% are exact percentiles (PERCENTILE_CONT) over recorded lengths. Sentence lengths are capped per methodology; only cases with a recorded length are counted. Documented past outcomes — not a prediction about any case.

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