Robbery in Duval County, Florida

Robbery cases in Duval County result in conviction at an exceptionally high rate. The 92.6 percent guilty verdict rate, combined with a 5.6 percent adjudication withheld rate, means 98.2 percent of robbery cases end in some form of finding of guilt. This stands well above statewide patterns: Florida's average dismissal rate is 1.5 percent, but Duval County dismissed zero robbery cases. The withheld adjudication rate is also notably below the statewide average of 8.2 percent. No defendants accessed pre-trial diversion, which statewide occurs in about 1.2 percent of robbery prosecutions. These outcomes reflect the State Attorney's office treating robbery as a serious violent crime with limited pathways to avoiding conviction.

Sentences reflect this severity. The median sentence of 2,557 days (roughly seven years) masks considerable variation, as the average climbs to 6,113 days due to lengthy terms in some cases. Prison confinement is the dominant outcome, affecting 81 percent of sentenced defendants, while jail accounts for 6.8 percent. Most defendants faced public defense counsel (53.5 percent) rather than private attorneys (45.1 percent), a pattern consistent with robbery's classification as a serious felony carrying substantial custody exposure.