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Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 2004-2005)
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Part III Comparative Description

Table 5 Sanction Imposed by Offense Severity Level

Offense Severity Level FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates1 FY2004 - 2005 Sentence Dates2
State Prison* Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total State Prison Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total
1 985 811 7,347 3,992 227 13,362 962 683 6,810 4,136 211 12,802
7.4% 6.1% 55.0% 29.9% 1.7% 100.0% 7.5% 5.3% 53.2% 32.3% 1.6% 100.0%
2 815 493 5,560 2,030 137 9,035 737 384 5,120 1,878 133 8,252
9.0% 5.5% 61.5% 22.5% 1.5% 100.0% 8.9% 4.7% 62.0% 22.8% 1.6% 100.0%
3 2,118 1,405 13,172 8,967 333 25,995 2,258 1,228 12,685 10,187 408 26,766
8.1% 5.4% 50.7% 34.5% 1.3% 100.0% 8.4% 4.6% 47.4% 38.1% 1.5% 100.0%
4 2,125 749 6,338 2,780 130 12,122 2,172 617 5,706 2,979 174 11,648
17.5% 6.2% 52.3% 22.9% 1.1% 100.0% 18.6% 5.3% 49.0% 25.6% 1.5% 100.0%
5 3,329 919 5,532 2,805 113 12,698 3,116 757 5,144 3,026 137 12,180
26.2% 7.2% 43.6% 22.1% 0.9% 100.0% 25.6% 6.2% 42.2% 24.8% 1.1% 100.0%
6 2,017 665 3,980 930 68 7,660 1,878 546 3,699 926 98 7,147
26.3% 8.7% 52.0% 12.1% 0.9% 100.0% 26.3% 7.6% 51.8% 13.0% 1.4% 100.0%
7 2,561 555 1,861 280 36 5,293 2,289 463 1,806 316 42 4,916
48.4% 10.5% 35.2% 5.3% 0.7% 100.0% 46.6% 9.4% 36.7% 6.4% 0.9% 100.0%
8 724 145 296 50 5 1,220 667 121 306 19 2 1,115
59.3% 11.9% 24.3% 4.1% 0.4% 100.0% 59.8% 10.9% 27.4% 1.7% 0.2% 100.0%
9 668 90 105 19 4 886 523 74 102 10 1 710
75.4% 10.2% 11.9% 2.1% 0.5% 100.0% 73.7% 10.4% 14.4% 1.4% 0.1% 100.0%
10 104 4 8 4 0 120 102 3 15 3 0 123
86.7% 3.3% 6.7% 3.3% 0.0% 100.0% 82.9% 2.4% 12.2% 2.4% 0.0% 100.0%
Total 15,446 5,836 44,199 21,857 1,053 88,391 14,704 4,876 41,393 23,480 1,206 85,659
  17.5% 6.6% 50.0% 24.7% 1.2% 100.0% 17.2% 5.7% 48.3% 27.4% 1.4% 100.0%
Note: County jail includes those sentenced to time served; prison includes those sentenced to life.
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2003.

Table 6 State Prison Sentence Length by Offense Severity Level

Offense Severity Level FY2003 - 2004 Sentence Dates1 FY2004 - 2005 Sentence Dates2
LE 2* GT 2-LE 4* GT 4-LE 10* GT 10* Total LE 2* GT 2-LE 4* GT 4-LE 10* GT 10* Total
1 620 109 43 6 778 805 111 56 5 977
79.7% 14.0% 5.5% 0.8% 100.0% 82.4% 11.4% 5.7% 0.5% 100.0%
2 549 154 53 5 761 601 155 53 3 812
72.1% 20.2% 7.0% 0.7% 100.0% 74.0% 19.1% 6.5% 0.4% 100.0%
3 1,421 356 107 17 1,901 1,641 348 112 13 2,114
74.8% 18.7% 5.6% 0.9% 100.0% 77.6% 16.5% 5.3% 0.6% 100.0%
4 1,396 498 253 30 2,177 1,365 511 212 33 2,121
64.1% 22.9% 11.6% 1.4% 100.0% 64.4% 24.1% 10.0% 1.6% 100.0%
5 1,918 955 415 105 3,393 1,897 933 414 74 3,318
56.5% 28.1% 12.2% 3.1% 100.0% 57.2% 28.1% 12.5% 2.2% 100.0%
6 927 596 336 107 1,966 968 556 369 118 2,011
47.2% 30.3% 17.1% 5.4% 100.0% 48.1% 27.6% 18.3% 5.9% 100.0%
7 651 1,049 709 250 2,659 612 1,060 647 227 2,546
24.5% 39.5% 26.7% 9.4% 100.0% 24.0% 41.6% 25.4% 8.9% 100.0%
8 126 220 330 147 823 115 173 296 135 719
15.3% 26.7% 40.1% 17.9% 100.0% 16.0% 24.1% 41.2% 18.8% 100.0%
9 128 127 315 187 757 120 96 281 169 666
16.9% 16.8% 41.6% 24.7% 100.0% 18.0% 14.4% 42.2% 25.4% 100.0%
10 31 6 21 64 122 21 3 19 60 103
25.4% 4.9% 17.2% 52.5% 100.0% 20.4% 2.9% 18.4% 58.3% 100.0%
Total 7,767 4,070 2,582 918 15,337 8,145 3,946 2,459 837 15,387
50.6% 26.5% 16.8% 6.0% 100.0% 52.9% 25.6% 16.0% 5.4% 100.0%
* LE = Less than or equal to; GT = Greater than
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2002.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2003.
Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 2004-2005)
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