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Florida Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet calculator
Enter the scoresheet factors for a Florida felony case and see the total sentence points and the lowest permissible sentence in real time. Every point value and the sentence formula come verbatim from Fla. Stat. § 921.0024, the statute that governs the Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet.
You supply each offense's severity level (1-10). This tool does not perform the Offense Severity Ranking Chart (Fla. Stat. § 921.0022) lookup. It is an educational estimate of the scoresheet arithmetic, not legal advice or a sentence prediction.
Read before you rely on this
Educational information only — not legal advice. These point values reproduce Fla. Stat. § 921.0024 as of the verification date above and are provided for general reference. The Criminal Punishment Code is amended periodically; always verify against the current official statute and the controlling Offense Severity Ranking Chart (Fla. Stat. § 921.0022) before relying on any computation. Sentencing outcomes depend on facts and law specific to each case.
Source: Fla. Stat. § 921.0024 — official Florida Legislature text (cross-checked against the Florida Senate; verified 2026-06-26).
How the scoresheet works
Every Florida felony sentencing runs through a Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet that totals points for the primary offense, any additional offenses, the prior record, victim injury, legal status, community-sanction violations, and firearm possession, and adds enhancements for prior serious or capital felonies. The total drives the lowest permissible sentence — the guideline floor a judge may not go below without a written departure. This calculator reproduces that arithmetic from the verified statute text; it does not weigh the facts of any case.
For the statewide and county distribution of scoresheet outcomes — how often sentences fall below the guideline floor, the plea rate, and the mitigated-departure rate by charge and county — see the Florida sentencing scoresheet data study. For the full Florida charge references, start at the Florida criminal-defense references hub.
Common questions
- What does this Florida scoresheet calculator compute?
- It totals the sentence points on a Florida Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet from the factors you enter (primary offense, additional offenses, prior record, victim injury, legal status, community-sanction violations, prior serious/capital felony, and firearm possession), then computes the lowest permissible sentence using the formula in Fla. Stat. § 921.0024. Every point value comes verbatim from that statute.
- Does it look up the offense severity level for me?
- No. You supply each offense's severity level (1-10). The level itself comes from the Offense Severity Ranking Chart in Fla. Stat. § 921.0022, which this tool does not perform. Enter the level from the controlling statute or chart before scoring the offense.
- Why is the lowest permissible sentence sometimes 'any nonstate-prison sanction'?
- Per § 921.0024(2), when the total sentence points are at or below the statute's threshold, the lowest permissible sentence is any nonstate-prison sanction — there is no scoresheet prison floor. Above the threshold, the months are computed by subtracting 28 points and decreasing the remainder by 25 percent, exactly as the statute directs.
- Is this legal advice or a sentence prediction?
- No. It is an educational estimate of the scoresheet arithmetic only. It does not apply the statutory-maximum cap, departures, mandatory minimums, or any case-specific law, and it is not a prediction of any sentence. Verify against the current statute and the controlling chart.