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Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 1999-2000)
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Part III Comparative Description

Table 7 Number of Prior Offenses

Prior Offenses 1994 Sentencing Guidelines Criminal Punishment Code
Number Percent Number Percent
None 16,568 29.6% 24,954 27.6%
Misdemeanor Only 13,335 23.8% 20,416 22.6%
One Felony 10,763 19.2% 18,043 20.0%
Two Felonies 7,240 12.9% 12,383 13.7%
Three Felonies 4,159 7.4% 7,337 8.1%
Four Felonies 2,173 3.9% 3,926 4.3%
Five Felonies 1,062 1.9% 1,929 2.1%
Six Felonies 486 0.9% 850 0.9%
Seven or More Felonies 281 0.5% 548 0.6%
Total 56,067 100.0% 90,386 100.0%

Table 8 Number of Additional Offenses

Additional Offenses 1994 Sentencing Guidelines Criminal Punishment Code
Number Percent Number Percent
None 30,187 53.8% 51,759 57.3%
Misdemeanor Only 11,117 19.8% 19,995 22.1%
One Felony 10,298 18.4% 13,169 14.6%
Two Felonies 2,805 5.0% 3,536 3.9%
Three Felonies 972 1.7% 1,175 1.3%
Four Felonies 335 0.6% 386 0.4%
Five Felonies 166 0.3% 177 0.2%
Six Felonies 78 0.1% 82 0.1%
Seven or More Felonies 109 0.2% 107 0.1%
Total 56,067 100.0% 90,386 100.0%

Table 9 Prior Felony Record and Sanction Imposed

Number of Prior Felonies 1994 Sentencing Guidelines Criminal Punishment Code*
State Prison Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total State Prison Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total
None 2,555 3,235 19,509 4,323 281 29,903 3,312 3,817 30,512 7,303 426 45,370
8.5% 10.8% 65.2% 14.5% 0.9% 100.0% 7.3% 8.4% 67.3% 16.1% 0.9% 100.0%
One 1,830 1,455 4,635 2,776 67 10,763 3,136 1,812 7,739 5,248 108 18,043
17.0% 13.5% 43.1% 25.8% 0.6% 100.0% 17.4% 10.0% 42.9% 29.1% 0.6% 100.0%
Two 1,984 950 2,312 1,961 33 7,240 3,393 1,170 3,871 3,876 73 12,383
27.4% 13.1% 31.9% 27.1% 0.5% 100.0% 27.4% 9.4% 31.3% 31.3% 0.6% 100.0%
Three 1,559 442 990 1,147 21 4,159 2,758 569 1,840 2,147 23 7,337
37.5% 10.6% 23.8% 27.6% 0.5% 100.0% 37.6% 7.8% 25.1% 29.3% 0.3% 100.0%
Four 1,019 205 427 518 4 2,173 1,805 288 778 1,039 16 3,926
46.9% 9.4% 19.7% 23.8% 0.2% 100.0% 46.0% 7.3% 19.8% 26.5% 0.4% 100.0%
Five 552 86 160 262 2 1,062 1,024 111 325 461 8 1,929
52.0% 8.1% 15.1% 24.7% 0.2% 100.0% 53.1% 5.8% 16.8% 23.9% 0.4% 100.0%
Six 302 22 62 100 0 486 506 45 118 179 2 850
62.1% 4.5% 12.8% 20.6% 0.0% 100.0% 59.5% 5.3% 13.9% 21.1% 0.2% 100.0%
Seven or More 167 19 36 58 1 281 341 23 67 116 1 548
59.4% 6.8% 12.8% 20.6% 0.4% 100.0% 62.2% 4.2% 12.2% 21.2% 0.2% 100.0%
Total 9,968 6,414 28,131 11,145 409 56,067 16,275 7,835 45,250 20,369 657 90,386
17.8% 11.4% 50.2% 19.9% 0.7% 100.0% 29.0% 14.0% 80.7% 36.3% 1.2% 161.2%

Table 10 Additional Offenses and Sanction Imposed

Number of Additional Felonies 1994 Sentencing Guidelines Criminal Punishment Code
State Prison Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total State Prison Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total
None 5,067 4,221 22,775 8,912 329 41,304 9,755 5,733 38,198 17,519 549 71,754
12.3% 10.2% 55.1% 21.6% 0.8% 100.0% 13.6% 8.0% 53.2% 24.4% 0.8% 100.0%
One 2,816 1,518 4,156 1,749 59 10,298 3,764 1,444 5,577 2,303 81 13,169
27.3% 14.7% 40.4% 17.0% 0.6% 100.0% 28.6% 11.0% 42.3% 17.5% 0.6% 100.0%
Two 1,134 436 857 362 16 2,805 1,558 435 1,089 430 24 3,536
40.4% 15.5% 30.6% 12.9% 0.6% 100.0% 44.1% 12.3% 30.8% 12.2% 0.7% 100.0%
Three 496 159 230 85 2 972 656 136 292 88 3 1,175
51.0% 16.4% 23.7% 8.7% 0.2% 100.0% 55.8% 11.6% 24.9% 7.5% 0.3% 100.0%
Four 214 38 62 20 1 335 266 40 60 20 0 386
63.9% 11.3% 18.5% 6.0% 0.3% 100.0% 68.9% 10.4% 15.5% 5.2% 0.0% 100.0%
Five 112 19 22 12 1 166 128 25 18 6 0 177
67.5% 11.4% 13.3% 7.2% 0.6% 100.0% 72.3% 14.1% 10.2% 3.4% 0.0% 100.0%
Six 53 10 11 3 1 78 64 9 9 0 0 82
67.9% 12.8% 14.1% 3.8% 1.3% 100.0% 78.0% 11.0% 11.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Seven or More 76 13 18 2 0 109 84 13 7 3 0 107
69.7% 11.9% 16.5% 1.8% 0.0% 100.0% 78.5% 12.1% 6.5% 2.8% 0.0% 100.0%
Total 9,968 6,414 28,131 11,145 409 56,067 16,275 7,835 45,250 20,369 657 90,386
17.8% 11.4% 50.2% 19.9% 0.7% 100.0% 18.0% 8.7% 50.1% 22.5% 0.7% 100.0%
Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 1999-2000)
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