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PALM BEACH County: felony sentencing scoresheets by statute
3,737 felony sentencing events in PALM BEACH County, Florida, from public FDLE FDC Sentencing Scoresheet data, 28.2% imposed a state-prison sentence, 96% resolved by plea, and 9.1% were flagged as a mitigated (downward) departure below the guideline floor. The table below breaks the county's highest-volume primary-offense statutes down and shows the statewide rate for the same statute alongside.
“Lowest permissible sentence” is the Criminal Punishment Code guideline floor (F.S. 921.0024); a 0-month floor means the offense scored below the state-prison threshold, so a mitigated departure does not apply. The plea field is populated unevenly across counties, so a low county plea rate reflects the recorded share, not a measured trial rate. Sentence dates span 2021-07-01 to 2022-06-30.
Aggregate analysis, data fiscal year FY2021-22. Reproducible from public records. The source is de-identified (offender = system GUID) and has no judge identifier, so no claim is made about any individual defendant or judge. Past outcomes only; not a prediction for any case.
Scoresheet outcomes by primary-offense statute
The highest-volume primary-offense statutes in PALM BEACH County. The “state prison” column shows the county rate with the statewide rate for the same statute in parentheses, so a local figure can be read against the state. The “mitigated departure” column shows the share of all events in the cell, then in parentheses the share among only the floor-eligibleevents (those whose guideline floor exceeds 0 months — the only events that can take a downward departure); it reads “—” in parentheses where no event in the cell scored a floor above 0. “Median prison (when imposed)” is the typical term among only the state-prison sentences in that statute and reads “—” where fewer than 10 such sentences exist.
| Statute | Offense | Deg. | Events | State prison (statewide) | Plea | Mitigated departure (floor-eligible) | Mean floor | Median prison (when imposed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 893.13(6)(A) | POSS.CONTROL.SUBS/OTHER | 3 | 587 | 4.3% (8.5%) | 96.4% | 3.2% (9.7%) | 8.1 mo | 18 mo |
| 810.02 1 4 | BURGLARY OF A CONVEYANCE | 3 | 260 | 26.2% (25.9%) | 96.9% | 8.1% (17.8%) | 14.3 mo | 18 mo |
| 790.23 1ACE 3 | FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM OR AMMUNITION (CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION) | 2 | 245 | 56.7% (56.7%) | 97.6% | 10.2% (12.6%) | 22.5 mo | 30 mo |
| 812.014 1 2C | GRAND THEFT | 3 | 242 | 10.3% (10.4%) | 96.3% | 4.5% (14.3%) | 8.2 mo | 22.9 mo |
| 893.13(1)(A)1 | COCAINE-SALE/MANUF/DELIV. | 2 | 173 | 32.9% (32.4%) | 97.7% | 8.7% (13.8%) | 16.8 mo | 20 mo |
| 810.02 1 3B | BURGLARY OF A DWELLING | 2 | 122 | 49.2% (49.2%) | 95.9% | 20.5% (21.2%) | 52.9 mo | 36 mo |
| 893.13 1A | POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO SELL | 2 | 100 | 26% (26.2%) | 93% | 4% (9.1%) | 13.1 mo | 18 mo |
| 790.01(2) | CARRYING CONCEALED FIREARM | 3 | 95 | 5.3% (4.4%) | 92.6% | 5.3% (8.3%) | 2.8 mo | — |
| 784.021(1)(A) | AGG ASSLT-W/WPN NO INTENT TO K | 3 | 91 | 28.6% (22.6%) | 97.8% | 11% (18.5%) | 20.6 mo | 28.2 mo |
| 784.045(1)(A)2 | AGG BATTERY/W/DEADLY WEAPON | 2 | 83 | 34.9% (40.8%) | 94% | 21.7% (21.7%) | 46.1 mo | 24 mo |
| 812.13 1 2C | ROBBERY | 2 | 76 | 59.2% (59.2%) | 98.7% | 11.8% (12.7%) | 27.6 mo | 30 mo |
| 784.07(2)(B) | BATT.LEO/FIRFGT/EMS/ETC. | 3 | 67 | 3% (13.6%) | 94% | 3% (14.3%) | 6.9 mo | — |
Methodology & limitations
- Source: public Florida FDLE Criminal Justice Data Transparency (CJDT) FDC Sentencing Scoresheet base file, grouped by county and primary-offense statute. Fiscal year: FY2021-22. Every figure is reproducible from a published script against the source data.
- Lowest permissible sentence (the floor): the Criminal Punishment Code minimum the scoresheet computes (F.S. 921.0024), in months. It is 0 for offenses scoring below the state-prison threshold, where a non-prison sentence is guideline-compliant and a mitigated departure does not apply.
- Mitigated departure (two denominators): the official scoresheet flag for a sentence below the lowest permissible sentence. The table's first departure figure is the share of all events in the cell — which includes floor-0 events that structurally cannot depart — so it understates the rate among cases that could. The parenthetical is the share among only the floor-eligibleevents (guideline floor > 0), which is the meaningful rate. Statewide, 40.8% of events scored a floor above 0.
- No judge dimension. The source is de-identified and contains no judge identifier. Nothing here describes how any individual judge sentences.
- What the data does NOT show: these figures describe recorded sentencing events and do not control for criminal history beyond the scoresheet, offense severity within a statute, case facts, or plea terms. A statute rate is a baseline, not a prediction for any specific case. This page reports aggregates only and identifies no individual.
Comparables for a specific PALM BEACH County charge
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