Forgery in Levy County, Florida

In Levy County, forgery cases result in conviction or adjudication withheld nearly 100 percent of the time—a stark contrast to statewide patterns. The county's 64.3 percent guilty rate and 35.7 percent adjudication withheld rate mean that almost every forgery defendant ends up with a formal conviction or its functional equivalent on their record. Statewide, dismissals occur in 2 percent of forgery cases, yet Levy County shows zero dismissals among its 14 cases. The withheld adjudication rate also runs significantly higher than the statewide average of 22.2 percent, suggesting Levy County judges rarely dismiss charges but sometimes preserve defendants' records by withholding formal adjudication.

Defendants convicted in Levy County face jail sentences in the majority of cases—57.1 percent—with average sentences of 211 days and a median closer to nine months. Prison sentences are rare at 7.1 percent. Nearly two-thirds of defendants were represented by public defenders, indicating limited resources among those charged. No defendants accessed pre-trial diversion, which statewide diverts roughly 9 percent of forgery cases. Probation periods averaged over a year, extending financial and oversight burdens well beyond incarceration itself.