Part III Sentencing Guidelines Practice

Section 1. Recommended Sanction and Sanction Imposed

NOTES: This section examines three categories of sentences:

Category 1- Those in which total points on the scoresheet are less than 34.8. The sentencing guidelines mandate a non-state prison sanction for offenders in this range, unless the sentence is aggravated.
Category 2- Those in which total points are between 34.8 and 52.0. Within this range, the guidelines provide judges with discretion in sentencing to state prison or non-state prison sanctions.
Category 3- Those in which total points exceed 52.0, for which the guidelines mandate state prison as the sanction, unless the sentence is mitigated.

Actual sanctions imposed, including state prison, community control, probation, county jail/time served, and other sanctions are presented and compared to the categories listed above.

FINDINGS:

Across the state, over 17% of offenders were sentenced to state prison as the most severe sanction. An additional 24.8% were sentenced to incarceration in county jail, or to time already served in jail. More than 11% were sentenced to community control, and nearly 47% to probation, including drug offender probation, administrative probation, and regular probation. Less than a half of a percent of offenders were sentenced to "other" sanctions. Circuits and counties varied moderately in the types of sanction imposed (Table 4).

Of offenders scoring in the recommended state prison category, nearly 56.2% were sentenced to state prison, with another 7.7% sentenced to county jail or time served. Of those in the discretionary range, over 17% were sentenced to state prison, and another 29% to county jail/time served. Less than 1.5% of offenders in the non-state prison range were sentenced to state prison (Table 1).

Sanction Imposed	Non-State Prison Below 34.8 Points	*Discretionary 34.8 - 52.0 Points**	State Prison Exceeding 52.0 Points	Total
Table 1

Recommended Sanction Category by Sanction Imposed
Fiscal Year 1996-97

	Recommended Sanction Category
State Prison	870	4,873	13,874	19,617
	1.4%	17.8%	56.2%	17.3%
Community Control	4,871	4,298	3,381	12,550
	7.9%	15.7%	13.7%	11.1%
Probation	37,263	10,013	5,517	52,793
	60.7%	36.5%	22.3%	46.5%
County Jail	18,104	8,158	1,895	28,157
	29.5%	29.8%	7.7%	24.8%
Other	324	67	39	430
	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%

Total	61,432	27,409	24,706	113,547
	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Recommended Sanction Category	State Prison	Community Control	Probation	County Jail	Other	Total
Table 2

Sanction Imposed by Recommended Sanction Category
Fiscal Year 1996-97


	Sanction Imposed
Non-State Prison	870	4,871	37,263	18,104	324	61,432
Below 34.8 Points	4.4%	38.8%	70.6%	64.3%	75.3%	54.1%
Discretionary*	4,873	4,298	10,013	8,158	67	27,409
34.8 - 52.0 Points	24.8%	34.2%	19.0%	29.0%	15.6%	24.1%
State Prison	13,874	3,381	5,517	1,895	39	24,706
Exceeding 52.0 Points	70.7%	26.9%	10.5%	6.7%	9.1%	21.8%

Total	19,617	12,550	52,793	28,157	430	113,547
	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
*Discretionary means that either a state prison or non-state prison sanction is acceptable.

Table 3

Recommended Sanction Category by Sanction Imposed
Fiscal Year 1996-97

	Recommended Sanction Category
Judicial Circuit/	Non-State Prison		Discretionary*		State Prison
Sanction Imposed	Below 34.8 Points		34.8 - 52.0 Points		Exceeding 52.0 Points		Total

01 (Pensacola)	2,067	48.3%	1,188	27.8%	1,024	23.9%	4,279	100.0%
Prison	13	1.6%	144	17.6%	659	80.8%	816	100.0%
Community Control	182	37.8%	175	36.4%	124	25.8%	481	100.0%
Probation	1,320	65.5%	523	26.0%	172	8.5%	2,015	100.0%
County Jail	475	54.8%	331	38.2%	61	7.0%	867	100.0%
Other	77	77.0%	15	15.0%	8	8.0%	100	100.0%
02 (Tallahassee)	861	49.5%	373	21.5%	504	29.0%	1,738	100.0%
Prison	40	8.4%	118	24.9%	316	66.7%	474	100.0%
Community Control	46	37.1%	38	30.6%	40	32.3%	124	100.0%
Probation	734	69.0%	186	17.5%	143	13.5%	1,063	100.0%
County Jail	40	53.3%	31	41.3%	4	5.3%	75	100.0%
Other	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	2	100.0%
03 (Lake City)	607	52.2%	262	22.5%	293	25.2%	1,162	100.0%
Prison	17	6.7%	72	28.6%	163	64.7%	252	100.0%
Community Control	106	53.8%	62	31.5%	29	14.7%	197	100.0%
Probation	469	68.2%	121	17.6%	98	14.2%	688	100.0%
County Jail	15	62.5%	6	25.0%	3	12.5%	24	100.0%
Other	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
04 (Jacksonville)	3,912	62.7%	1,103	17.7%	1,229	19.7%	6,244	100.0%
Prison	82	7.4%	312	28.1%	715	64.5%	1,109	100.0%
Community Control	213	57.7%	64	17.3%	92	24.9%	369	100.0%
Probation	1,388	73.9%	211	11.2%	279	14.9%	1,878	100.0%
County Jail	2,171	76.7%	515	18.2%	143	5.1%	2,829	100.0%
Other	58	98.3%	1	1.7%	0	0.0%	59	100.0%
05 (Tavares)	2,511	58.8%	1,089	25.5%	671	15.7%	4,271	100.0%
Prison	55	7.2%	219	28.6%	492	64.2%	766	100.0%
Community Control	204	44.5%	195	42.6%	59	12.9%	458	100.0%
Probation	1,859	75.8%	487	19.9%	105	4.3%	2,451	100.0%
County Jail	382	65.5%	186	31.9%	15	2.6%	583	100.0%
Other	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13	100.0%
06 (Clearwater)	6,572	53.9%	3,118	25.6%	2,501	20.5%	12,191	100.0%
Prison	129	6.1%	458	21.8%	1,515	72.1%	2,102	100.0%
Community Control	998	46.1%	714	33.0%	452	20.9%	2,164	100.0%
Probation	3,968	72.0%	1069	19.4%	474	8.6%	5,511	100.0%
County Jail	1,469	61.1%	876	36.4%	60	2.5%	2,405	100.0%
Other	8	88.9%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	9	100.0%
07 (Daytona)	2,579	59.0%	1,095	25.1%	694	15.9%	4,368	100.0%
Prison	26	4.2%	188	30.0%	412	65.8%	626	100.0%
Community Control	238	47.8%	181	36.3%	79	15.9%	498	100.0%
Probation	1,572	74.9%	390	18.6%	136	6.5%	2,098	100.0%
County Jail	742	64.9%	335	29.3%	67	5.9%	1,144	100.0%
Other	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%
08 (Gainesville)	1,289	50.4%	737	28.8%	531	20.8%	2,557	100.0%
Prison	28	5.5%	133	26.3%	344	68.1%	505	100.0%
Community Control	91	33.0%	121	43.8%	64	23.2%	276	100.0%
Probation	890	69.0%	310	24.0%	90	7.0%	1,290	100.0%
County Jail	272	57.3%	171	36.0%	32	6.7%	475	100.0%
Other	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	11	100.0%
09 (Orlando)	5,400	56.6%	2,601	27.2%	1,546	16.2%	9,547	100.0%
Prison	41	3.3%	190	15.2%	1,021	81.5%	1,252	100.0%
Community Control	171	39.5%	141	32.6%	121	27.9%	433	100.0%
Probation	3,145	71.6%	987	22.5%	263	6.0%	4,395	100.0%
County Jail	2,014	58.8%	1,275	37.2%	139	4.1%	3,428	100.0%
Other	29	74.4%	8	20.5%	2	5.1%	39	100.0%
10 (Bartow)	2,372	57.0%	1,037	24.9%	751	18.1%	4,160	100.0%
Prison	68	8.4%	224	27.8%	515	63.8%	807	100.0%
Community Control	178	44.8%	127	32.0%	92	23.2%	397	100.0%
Probation	1,653	73.9%	464	20.8%	119	5.3%	2,236	100.0%
County Jail	465	66.2%	219	31.2%	18	2.6%	702	100.0%
Other	8	44.4%	3	16.7%	7	38.9%	18	100.0%
11 (Miami)	5,040	43.3%	2,470	21.2%	4,129	35.5%	11,639	100.0%
Prison	28	1.5%	157	8.5%	1,652	89.9%	1,837	100.0%
Community Control	93	15.4%	136	22.6%	373	62.0%	602	100.0%
Probation	2,251	48.6%	1,053	22.7%	1,329	28.7%	4,633	100.0%
County Jail	2,668	58.4%	1,124	24.6%	775	17.0%	4,567	100.0%
Other	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
12 (Sarasota)	1,770	54.8%	782	24.2%	680	21.0%	3,232	100.0%
Prison	10	1.8%	111	20.3%	427	77.9%	548	100.0%
Community Control	94	37.3%	83	32.9%	75	29.8%	252	100.0%
Probation	1,124	72.1%	313	20.1%	123	7.9%	1,560	100.0%
County Jail	535	62.4%	273	31.9%	49	5.7%	857	100.0%
Other	7	46.7%	2	13.3%	6	40.0%	15	100.0%
13 (Tampa)	5,690	49.5%	2,982	25.9%	2,826	24.6%	11,498	100.0%
Prison	75	3.7%	550	27.3%	1,389	69.0%	2,014	100.0%
Community Control	757	30.9%	896	36.6%	798	32.6%	2,451	100.0%
Probation	3,671	71.6%	926	18.1%	528	10.3%	5,125	100.0%
County Jail	1,183	62.1%	610	32.0%	111	5.8%	1,904	100.0%
Other	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%
14 (Panama City)	1,439	50.6%	846	29.7%	559	19.7%	2,844	100.0%
Prison	38	5.2%	269	36.7%	426	58.1%	733	100.0%
Community Control	226	43.9%	240	46.6%	49	9.5%	515	100.0%
Probation	1,003	74.2%	280	20.7%	68	5.0%	1,351	100.0%
County Jail	151	72.9%	41	19.8%	15	7.2%	207	100.0%
Other	21	55.3%	16	42.1%	1	2.6%	38	100.0%
15 (West Palm Beach)	3,088	55.4%	1,149	20.6%	1,341	24.0%	5,578	100.0%
Prison	15	1.8%	131	15.6%	693	82.6%	839	100.0%
Community Control	90	35.6%	77	30.4%	86	34.0%	253	100.0%
Probation	1,427	65.0%	374	17.0%	395	18.0%	2,196	100.0%
County Jail	1,529	67.8%	563	25.0%	164	7.3%	2,256	100.0%
Other	27	79.4%	4	11.8%	3	8.8%	34	100.0%
16 (Key West)	821	62.4%	370	28.1%	125	9.5%	1,316	100.0%
Prison	4	2.3%	88	51.2%	80	46.5%	172	100.0%
Community Control	97	51.3%	76	40.2%	16	8.5%	189	100.0%
Probation	635	76.6%	177	21.4%	17	2.1%	829	100.0%
County Jail	85	67.5%	29	23.0%	12	9.5%	126	100.0%
Other	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
17 (Ft. Lauderdale)	9,203	57.2%	3,614	22.5%	3,278	20.4%	16,095	100.0%
Prison	122	4.0%	1,077	35.1%	1,870	60.9%	3,069	100.0%
Community Control	659	38.6%	502	29.4%	545	31.9%	1,706	100.0%
Probation	5,573	76.3%	1,013	13.9%	719	9.8%	7,305	100.0%
County Jail	2,833	70.9%	1,021	25.6%	139	3.5%	3,993	100.0%
Other	16	72.7%	1	4.5%	5	22.7%	22	100.0%
18 (Sanford)	1,806	57.9%	706	22.6%	606	19.4%	3,118	100.0%
Prison	28	5.6%	101	20.2%	370	74.1%	499	100.0%
Community Control	81	23.5%	153	44.5%	110	32.0%	344	100.0%
Probation	1,494	75.6%	360	18.2%	122	6.2%	1,976	100.0%
County Jail	187	66.5%	91	32.4%	3	1.1%	281	100.0%
Other	16	88.9%	1	5.6%	1	5.6%	18	100.0%
19 (Ft. Pierce)	1,669	54.5%	775	25.3%	619	20.2%	3,063	100.0%
Prison	21	3.8%	181	32.8%	350	63.4%	552	100.0%
Community Control	83	39.2%	75	35.4%	54	25.5%	212	100.0%
Probation	1,035	70.8%	264	18.1%	162	11.1%	1,461	100.0%
County Jail	515	63.1%	250	30.6%	51	6.3%	816	100.0%
Other	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	22	100.0%
20 (Ft. Myers)	2,736	58.9%	1,112	23.9%	799	17.2%	4,647	100.0%
Prison	30	4.7%	150	23.3%	465	72.1%	645	100.0%
Community Control	264	42.0%	242	38.5%	123	19.6%	629	100.0%
Probation	2,052	75.1%	505	18.5%	175	6.4%	2,732	100.0%
County Jail	373	60.4%	211	34.1%	34	5.5%	618	100.0%
Other	17	73.9%	4	17.4%	2	8.7%	23	100.0%

Statewide	61,432	54.1%	27,409	24.1%	24,706	21.8%	113,547	100.0%
* Discretionary means that either a prison sanction or non-state prison sanction is acceptable. Note: County jail includes those sentenced to time served; prison includes those sentenced to life.

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Sentencing Guidelines
1996-97 Annual Report

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