Disorderly Conduct in Brevard County, Florida

Disorderly conduct cases in Brevard County result in guilty verdicts or adjudication withheld at notably high rates. The 57.8 percent guilty rate sits well above typical outcomes, and the 34.3 percent adjudication withheld rate—nearly a third of all cases—substantially exceeds the statewide average of 25 percent. Together, these two outcomes account for 92 percent of resolutions. Dismissals are rare in Brevard at 0.6 percent, trailing the statewide average of 2.4 percent by 1.8 percentage points. The county's diversion rate of 3.6 percent also falls below the statewide average of 7.6 percent, suggesting this jurisdiction pursues conviction or guilt findings more aggressively than most Florida counties.

Defendants convicted of disorderly conduct in Brevard face modest incarceration but substantial probation terms. The median jail sentence is 20 days, with an average of 25 days; 38 percent of defendants received jail time at all. Probation sentences average 237 days. Public defenders handled 26.5 percent of cases while only 6.6 percent involved private counsel, indicating most defendants were either unrepresented or had representation status not captured in the data.